Von Trier, Alonso, Martel Producer Marianne Slot Goes From ‘Woman at War’ to ‘Normal Men,’ ‘Oca’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comMarta Balaga Producer Marianne Slot will continue her successful collaboration with Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson, following 2018 “Woman at War” with TV show “The Danish Woman” and upcoming feature film “Normal Men.” “It’s a comedy, as you can imagine.
Benedikt Erlingsson and a feminist producer – that’s a good combination,” she laughs, recalling their previous film about an environmental activist going rogue. “’Woman at War’ was so joyful to make.
It is still being shown and used as a reference, even by politicians in many different countries.” Slot talks to Variety in Locarno, when she is picking up the Raimondo Rezzonico Award, given to industry figures who have played a major role in international production.
A French producer of Danish origin, she has collaborated with such directors as Lucrecia Martel, Lisandro Alonso and Sergei Loznitsa and has been co-producing Lars von Trier’s films since 1995’s “Breaking the Waves,” including “The House That Jack Built.” Currently, she is also set to co-produce Karla Badillo’s debut feature “Oca” (“Goose”). “She is so full of cinema,” says Slot about the director. “I jump into new cultures and I have to immerse myself in them.
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