The upcoming Cannes Film Festival will be an especially relevant event for director Todd Haynes. Outside the film festival awards circuit, he will debut with his documentary The Velvet Underground, a story about how the mythical rock band was formed and, in turn, prepares the pre-production that will premiere on the competitive circuit and that will bring together Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore. . The film in question will be called May december and will mean the return to directing a feature film since Waters dark was released in 2019. The story is run by Samy Burch, a first-time screenwriter, with a long career in casting direction, but who is also writing the animated film Coyote vs. Acme .
The synopsis for May December seems to indicate that it is another female drama that Haynes loves so much. Twenty years after their notorious romance hit the media, Gracie Atherton-Yu ( Julianne Moore ) and her husband Joe prepare their twins for high school graduation. But her world will be turned upside down when Hollywood actress Elizabeth Berry ( Natalie Portman ) arrives to spend time with family and prepare to better understand Gracie, whom she will play in a movie. The family routine that the two spouses had built will collapse under the sensationalism and pressure of external glances. For his part, Joe, who never fully processed what happened in his youth, begins to confront the empty reality of his life.
From its synopsis, May december is expected to be primarily about the characters of Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore. Set in London’s Camden, this story tells of the exploration of the truth and the difficulties we often have to understand another person. In a statement shared with the press, Haynes himself was enthusiastic about the story that Burch had written: “What attracted me to Samy Burch’s exceptional script was how he navigated potentially volatile topics with a kind of observation patience that allowed him to explore the characters of the story with an unusual subtlety ”.
