Marleen Gorris
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Marleen Gorris is a writer-director from the Netherlands
. Gorris is known as an outspoken feminist
and supporter of gay and lesbian issues which is reflected in much of her work.
She wrote and directed the films A Question of Silence
(1982), Broken Mirrors (1984), The Last Island (1991), and Antonia's Line (1995 - Oscar
winner for Best Foreign Language Film), Mrs. Dalloway (1997 - based on the novel
by Virginia Woolf
) and The Luzhin Defence
(2000 - originally a Nabokov novel
).
She is signed to direct Heaven and Earth, a film about Dr. James Miranda Barry.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. Gorris is known as an outspoken feminist
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
and supporter of gay and lesbian issues which is reflected in much of her work.
She wrote and directed the films A Question of Silence
A Question of Silence
A Question of Silence is a 1982 Dutch drama film written and directed by Marleen Gorris. It stars Edda Barends as Christine M. The plot is about three women, are strangers to each other, who kill a man they do not know.-Plot:...
(1982), Broken Mirrors (1984), The Last Island (1991), and Antonia's Line (1995 - Oscar
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
winner for Best Foreign Language Film), Mrs. Dalloway (1997 - based on the novel
Mrs Dalloway
Mrs Dalloway is a novel by Virginia Woolf that details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway in post-World War I England. It is one of Woolf's best-known novels....
by Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English author, essayist, publisher, and writer of short stories, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century....
) and The Luzhin Defence
The Luzhin Defence
The Luzhin Defence is a 2000 film directed by Marleen Gorris, starring John Turturro and Emily Watson. The film centres on a mentally tormented chess grandmaster and the young woman he meets while competing at a world-class tournament in Italy...
(2000 - originally a Nabokov novel
The Defense
The Defense is a Russian novel written by Vladimir Nabokov during his emigration in Berlin and published in 1930.-Plot summary:The plot concerns the title character, Aleksandr Ivanovich Luzhin. As a boy, he is considered unattractive, withdrawn, and an object of ridicule by his classmates...
).
She is signed to direct Heaven and Earth, a film about Dr. James Miranda Barry.