Cannes 2025: Scarlett Johansson debuts as a director, Jody Foster with a major role in French film
« When you make an independent movie like this one, no one does it for the money. In fact, everyone who has come together for this movie did it because they liked the story, the script. This is a movie for many things: for friendship, for grief, for forgiveness. And I think these are topics that we can use a lot more today, » the actress said.
At Eleanor the Great, 95-year-old Squib plays Eleanor Morgenstein, who, after a devastating loss, changes the direction of her life, and Johansson called the actress « really inspiring. » In his directorial debut, Scarlett Johansson tries to form a portrait of aging, loneliness and sorrow in America through the interference of his heroine, but the film fails to find his rhythm, writes in his review Hollywood Rev.
| The newspaper also points out that it unfolds between comic scenes and dramatic moments and « Although Johansson is a competent director, this is not enough to overcome some imbalances. » |
The actress went on the red carpet and for another premiere – the one of the movie Vie Privée’s movie of Rebecca Zlovski with the participation of Jody Foster. She has presented her first French-language role in two decades after Jean-Pierre Jone’s military romance « Very Long engagement » since 2005, before which she has several smaller roles in French films, Dedline recalls.
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At the performance of the film in Cannes, Jody Foster admitted that before Vie Privée had had several proposals for a major role in French films, but she was « too scared » to accept them. The Oscar -winner is fluent in the language since she attended a French school in Los Angeles.
« This is something I wanted to do for a long time. This is the first time I have so many dialogues in a French movie. It was a huge challenge for me. The good thing is that when I play in French, I’m a completely different person: my confidence is not so big, but my voice is stronger. It creates a new character for me. »
In Rebecca’s latest movie Zlatovski, she plays the famous psychiatrist Lillian Steiner, who is convinced that the suicide of one of her patients is a murder and begins to investigate him. In the movie, Foster partnered with French actors Virgina Air and Daniel Otoy.
