'Woman Unknown' Examines WWII 'Horizontal Collaborators' — SkimNews
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- May el-Toukhy directed 'Woman Unknown,' which examines women accused of having relationships with German soldiers during World War II, a label the film uses: 'horizontal collaborator.'
- El-Toukhy said that in developing the story, her team 'realized that, during and after the war, the female body became part of national identity,' framing that thesis as central to the film.
Why it matters: By anchoring the film on el-Toukhy's stated realization that the female body became part of national identity during and after WWII, 'Woman Unknown' shifts the WWII collaboration story away from military and political actors and toward the gendered social punishment directed at women.
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