Bodies, Sex

Bodies in cinema can be enticing, dancing or brutalised. Jane Fonda narrates this chapter about how the great directors – including Agnes Varda, Andrea Arnold, Iran's Marva Nabili, Finland's Pirjo Honkasalo, Marta Meszaros and Poland's Wanda Jakubowska – have filmed bodies. From bodies to sex – the most controversial aspect of film. In this chapter Diane Kurys, Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Jamie Babbit, Safi Faye, Athena Rachel Tsangari, Alison DeVere, Carine Adler, Donna Deitch, Miranda July, Lucia Puenzo, Maren Ade, Chantal Akerman and others show the best ways of showing sex on screen.