▁financial ▁support , ▁subm itting ▁a ▁script ▁that ▁Jane ▁Clar ke ▁described ▁as ▁port ray ing ▁" a ▁rig orous ▁reg imen ▁[ construct ed ] ▁around ▁food   ... ▁and ▁routine ▁bought ▁sex ▁in ▁the ▁afternoon ". ▁This ▁script ▁would ▁only ▁be ▁the ▁rough ▁basis ▁for ▁Jean ne ▁D iel man , ▁ 2 3 ▁qu ai ▁du ▁Com merce , ▁ 1 0 8 0 ▁Bru xelles ▁because ▁after ▁Ak erman ▁received ▁the ▁government ▁grant ▁of ▁$ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁and ▁began ▁production , ▁she ▁threw ▁the ▁script ▁out ▁and ▁began ▁a ▁new ▁film ▁instead . ▁Ak erman ▁also ▁explained ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁female - cent ric ▁film ▁because ▁" at ▁that ▁point ▁everybody ▁was ▁talking ▁about ▁women " ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁" the ▁right ▁time ". ▁ ▁Sho oting ▁Jean ne ▁D iel man , ▁ 2 3 ▁qu ai ▁du ▁Com merce , ▁ 1 0 8 0 ▁Bru xelles ▁took ▁five ▁weeks ▁and ▁Ak erman ▁called ▁it ▁" a ▁love ▁film ▁for ▁my ▁mother . ▁It ▁gives ▁recognition ▁to ▁that ▁kind ▁of ▁woman ". ▁Ak erman ▁used ▁an ▁all ▁female ▁crew ▁for ▁the ▁film , ▁which ▁she ▁later ▁said ▁" did n ' t ▁work ▁that ▁well ▁- ▁not ▁because ▁they ▁were ▁women ▁but ▁because ▁I ▁didn ' t ▁choose ▁them . ▁It ▁was ▁enough ▁just ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁woman ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁my ▁film   ... ▁so ▁the ▁shooting ▁was ▁awful ". ▁Ak erman ▁further ▁stated ▁that ▁"