Linda Wendel • Director
"Social barriers and the eternal battle of the sexes"
Interview
Miss Julie is Linda Wendel's eighth feature film, based on August Strindberg's Miss Julie. The Danish director talks at the 13th Lecce Festival
Danish director Linda Wendel talks aboutMiss Julie, her eighth feature film, a modern version of August Strindberg's theatre piece Miss Julie. The film, whose main character is a famous tennis player with the vulnerability of a prima donna who is grappling with a capricious coach and an ambitious father on the brink of bankruptcy, was screened in competition at the 13th Lecce Festival of European Cinema.