Lolita is great, she shows a lot of strength in 'La Vie Moderne,' and she's funny, too. It was very moving to me to act in the same film. Yes, she's very inspired, but she's special, demanding. Both the women directors I acted with this year were more obsessive and precise in their work than the men. Women filmmakers tend to fight for recognition, which gives them a different kind of relationship to cinema.
Men have more distance because they've had a more comfortable position.