Ironically
in the year that the president of the jury is none other than Pedro Almodóvar, God's gift to women
in the movies, there have been relatively few substantial female
roles — certainly nothing to rival last year's astonishing
field, which included Sandra Hüller («Toni Erdmann»), Isabelle Huppert («Elle»), Sonia Braga («Aquarius»), Kristen Stewart («Personal Shopper»), Ruth Negga («
Loving») and Sasha Lane («American Honey»).