21º Mostra Internacional de Cinema International Perspective
GRACIOUS CURVES  

Finland   

Gracious Curves A good-humored and extremely personal documentary where director Kiti Luostarinen shows her view of the feminine world. Although over 50 women relate their experiences, the film is subjective in its approach to the "imposition" of good shape and beauty that consumes the female routine.

This is a film on the significance of having a female body: the passage from infancy into adolescence, pregnancy, aging, and the change in the body under these diverse conditions. It also describes the sacrifice in the name of beauty and of keeping young.
 

     Director
DIRECTOR: Kiti Luostarinen
SCREENPLAY: Kiti Luostarinen
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Maiju Leppänen
EDITION: Anne Lakanen
MUSIC: Päivi Takala
PRODUCER: Mikael Wahlforss
Berlim
PRODUCTION: Epidem
Maneesikatu 1-3 J
Helsinque FIN 00170
Tel.: 00 358 9 278-1935
Fax 00 358 9 278-1998
WORLD SALES: Epidem
Maneesikatu 1-3 J
Helsinque FIN 00170
Tel.: 00 358 9 278-1935
Fax 00 358 9 278-1998
ORIGINAL TITLE: Naisen Kaari
    Col., 52 min., 1997

Kiti Luostarinen

Born in 1951, Kiti Luostarinen is graduated in Philosophy by the University of Helsinki, and as script writer and director, she made several documentaries and short films amongst these, I Heard a Voice, of 1989, An Angel Flew Over, on 1990, and Tell Me What You Saw, of 1993, awarded the prize of Best Documentary in Norway.