从1937年的《女人与海》到60年代的《甜蜜的生活》，Cinecittà是意大利真正的政治试验场。二十五年来，在墨索里尼为保障其法西斯宣传而亲自建立的电影工厂的中心，意大利电影人成功地规避了政治压迫和审查制度，在战争及其破坏中幸存下来，并直面美国的竞争。这些挑战或许意味着意大利电 影的末日，但相反，在这些困难中电影人们得到了力量，引领了一批重要的艺术运动和新的电影流派。Cinecittà成为了意大利现实社会中的特殊见证者、一面真实的镜子，特别是成为了意大利在全世界的重要使者

The film consists largely of a series of interviews with female filmmakers from several different countries and filmmaking eras. Some, such as Agnès Varda and Catherine Breillat (both from France), have been making films for decades in a conscious effort to provide an alternative to the male filmmaking model; others, such as Moufida Tlatli (Tunisia) and Carine Adler (England), are relative newcomers to directing, and their approaches seem more personal and less political. The film as a whole manages to cover some important topics in the feminist debate about film -- how does one construct a female gaze, how can one film nude bodies without objectifying the actors (of either sex), what constitutes a strong female role -- while also making it clear that “women’s film” comprises as many different approaches to filmmaking as there are female filmmakers.