Swiss director Jela Hasler’s first fiction film “On Solid Ground,” one of the shorts to have been selected for Cannes’ sidebar Critics’ Week, charts the micro aggressions experienced by a woman living in a city, following her peaceful morning swim.
While some of the incidents could be read as minor annoyances, a more dangerous encounter that occurs toward the end of the film, which renders the protagonist powerless and angry, invites the viewer to re-examine these earlier incidents.
“The idea started with a feeling of frustration and wanting to escape but not being able to. I developed it further to make it about a woman being continually harassed which leads to this feeling of wanting to defend herself – but not really being aware, at least to begin with, of what she is defending herself against,” Hasler explained.
The director is a graduate of photography from the University of Zurich...
While some of the incidents could be read as minor annoyances, a more dangerous encounter that occurs toward the end of the film, which renders the protagonist powerless and angry, invites the viewer to re-examine these earlier incidents.
“The idea started with a feeling of frustration and wanting to escape but not being able to. I developed it further to make it about a woman being continually harassed which leads to this feeling of wanting to defend herself – but not really being aware, at least to begin with, of what she is defending herself against,” Hasler explained.
The director is a graduate of photography from the University of Zurich...
- 7/9/2021
- by Ann-Marie Corvin
- Variety Film + TV
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