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The independent circuit has flourished with daring portraits. Isabelle Huppert (70+) continues to star in sexually and ethically transgressive roles that would make a 25-year-old blush. Emma Thompson in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022) gave a masterclass in vulnerability, playing a 60-something widow who hires a sex worker to explore her own body for the first time. These are not "issues" films; they are human films. aren't just starring in films; they are producing them