Kira Muratova

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“Women Make the Harsher Films”: Isa Willinger Revisits a Provocation in “No Mercy”

by Rebecca Martin

November 21, 2025

When cult filmmaker Kira Muratova told a young Isa Willinger, “The truth is, women make the harsher films,” the statement lodged itself in Willinger’s mind like a riddle. Could this