O mito da mulher no cinema: análise da representação feminina no filme "Tudo sobre minha mãe"

Abstract

This work addresses the woman myth and its relation with female characters? construction in cinema through art direction. The bibliographic research assists in understanding how women are represented in society and how this reflects in cinema. This work also studies art direction, focusing on costumes, makeup, hair and colors of the characters, and their connection with the female image. Therefore, through the analysis of the movie All About My Mother, from the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, possible representations and signs that the director uses in the movie are understood through the art direction and his view about what it means being a woman in his female characters (sic).