(Photo by Darren Eagles/Getty Images) Monia Chokri is 'done' with trope that the 'ugly' woman is intelligent ![]() TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 14: (L-R) Magalie Lépine Blondeau and Monia Chokri attend "The Nature Of Love" premiere during the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival at Scotiabank Theatre on Septemin Toronto, Ontario. blurred between this idea of love and toxicity." "Because we are really used to to seeing those kind of movies, and we think that passion and love is. I was very about the idea that people would not relate to the story, or find it boring, because there was not this dimension of toxicity," Chokri said. Are they mine? Or are they what I was told my whole life? As an actress, for me to be able to be part of that ongoing reflection, and to be able to abandon myself to those scenes, knowing exactly what we were going to tell and how we were going to do it, it was amazing."įor Chokri, she was actually concerned that the concept of this film wouldn't land with audiences because it's missing a level of toxicity that we've become accustomed to in love story films. "It was really interesting because even when we were shooting, she was always questioning her reflexes. to be able to offer a personal vision, but also from a woman's perspective," Blondeau told Yahoo Canada about working with Chokri. "Everything that she was fed as a cinema lover, as a woman, she was trying to deconstruct for herself. The Nature of Love is a love story, but very much told from a woman's perspective, which is something that does truly make the film stand out from others in a similar genre. ![]() ![]() The Nature of Love from Monia Chokri (Courtesy of TIFF)
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