The success of films like "The Favourite" and "Book Club" has demonstrated that mature women can be the stars of the show, and that their stories are worth telling. These films feature complex, multidimensional female characters, often in their 40s, 50s, and 60s, navigating love, relationships, and careers. They are not relegated to the sidelines or defined by their age, but rather are the central figures in their own narratives.
Historically, cinema narratives centered on youth and beauty. Once an actress aged out of the "ingénue" or "love interest" phase, she was often relegated to two-dimensional tropes: milfnmut