Documentary · Germany · 2026 · 1h 44m

No Mercy

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Director
Isa Willinger
Cast
Virginie Despentes as Self Céline Sciamma as Self Alice Diop as Self Ana Lily Amirpour as Self Catherine Breillat as Self Nina Menkes as Self
Crew
Bernadette Paaßen — Director of Photography Lena Hatebur — Editor Niki Mossböck — Editor
Synopsis

From the starting point of her admiration for the pioneering Ukrainian filmmaker Kira Muratova (1934-2018), the director poses a question: is cinema made by women really tougher, more violent? Seeking answers, she talks to great contemporary filmmakers like Catherine Breillat, Virginie Despentes, Alice Diop, Céline Sciamma, Ana Lily Amirpour, and Monika Treut, among others. It becomes obvious that the cinema screen is a space for the projection of real social problems and power relations.

Key Collaborators
Isa Willinger Director Bernadette Paaßen Director of Photography Lena Hatebur Editor Niki Mossböck Editor
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