Fresh off her Oscar nomination for “Sentimental Value,” Renate Reinsve transforms in “Butterfly” – visually, too.
“Itonje wanted me to move away from how I’ve looked before. Lily went against normal beauty norms,” she says.
“It made a lot of sense for this character, who had grown up being exploited because of her beauty. She’s trying to remove herself from the male gaze. At the same time, she enjoys provoking reactions, but without attracting anyone’s sexual attention.”
In the film, shown at Göteborg and IFFR, she plays Lily, a performance artist who reunites with her sister Diana (Helene Bjørneby) in the Canary Islands after their absent mother’s mysterious death.
“It’s one of the hardest things we do, and it requires constant effort: trying to get over the hurt and pain caused by somebody’s actions. See a more nuanced picture or innocence of where that came from and be free,…
