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Increased awareness for Laura Dern
In The Son, the film adaptation that playwright Florian Zeller drew from his own play, Laura Dern plays the mother of a depressed 17-year-old teenager who goes back to live with his father, now in a relationship with another woman. The film thus tackles themes related to mental health among young people. “When you feel alone and helpless, you have to turn to people who have experienced the same thing, launched the actress Wednesday during a press conference. The community needs to be involved in mental health issues, even if we sometimes feel very alone. It is the duality specific to the human being. » In the running for the Golden Lion, The Son hits theaters in Quebec on November 18.
Some disappointments for Casey Affleck
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Casey Affleck is the headliner of Dreamin’ Wild, a film by Bill Polhad.
Headliner of Dreamin’ Wild, presented Wednesday out of competition, Casey Affleck was also at the Mostra. In this film by Bill Polhad, the one who won an Oscar in 2017 (thanks to his performance in Manchester by the Sea) lends his features to Donnie Emerson. The latter formed a duo with his brother Joe in the late 1970s, whose work was repopularized 40 years later. “I also had my share of failures, revealed the actor in front of the international press. I’ve done a lot of movies that didn’t turn out as good as I thought they would. Others, excellent, did not work, like The Assassination of Jesse James [Andrew Dominik]. For a while, I thought my greatest accomplishment was starring in a movie with Brad Pitt, whose box office score was the lowest of his entire career! »
Build the schedule? The worst thing
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Florence Pugh only spent a few hours in Venice, just enough time to walk the red carpet before the screening of Don’t Worry Darlinga film directed by Olivia Wilde.
During a discussion relayed by the British specialized newspaper screen, Alberto Barbera, artistic director of the Venice Film Festival, confided that the worst part of his job is to build a schedule suitable for all the stars expected. The former critic also denounced the stranglehold of the studios, which try to control everything, down to the subjects that can be discussed during interviews granted to journalists. “They don’t let any actor or filmmaker accept an interview request if they don’t have control over it. It’s a nightmare, and definitely not the right way to promote a movie. But it’s like that. And there is no way for us to be able to change things. »