What Ms. Chastain had to say after serving on the Cannes Film Festival Jury and watching 20 films in 10 days:
"I do believe that if you have female storytelling, you
also have more authentic female characters. This is the first time I’ve
watched 20 films in ten days. And I love movies. And the one thing I
really took away from this experience is how the world views women, from
the female characters that I saw represented.
And it was quite disturbing to me, to be honest. There
are some exceptions, I will say. But for the most part, I was surprised
with the representation of female characters onscreen in these films.
And I do hope that when we include more female storytellers, we will
have more of the women that I recognize in my day-to-day life. Ones that
are proactive, have their own agency, don’t just react to the men
around them. They have their own point of view."
Source: http://mashable.com/2017/05/30/jessica-chastain-disturbing-female-characters/?utm_cid=a-rr-business#EEedUrsyeqqw