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"It’s been amazing because there's all these kind of fancy
parties that you go to and we’re in this, like, beautiful
location," an excited Macdonald told Reuters ahead of the
screening of "Patti Cake$" at the Director's Fortnight section
at Cannes.
"But then my bags got lost and then we got stuck in an elevator
for 20 minutes. Everyone was just pouring with sweat and we
climbed out of the elevator once they wrenched the doors open,
it was crazy," she said.
"All these crazy things are happening and that makes it even
better, honestly, because it’s just an adventure."
"Patti Cake$" is a bittersweet comedy about Patricia Dombrowski,
a plus-size white girl from New Jersey, who goes by the aliases
Killa P and Patti Cake$ and dreams that a flair for rapping will
be her ticket out of poverty.
With New Jersey working class swagger and a genuine musical
talent, Macdonald's performance is all the more remarkable
because she is not from New Jersey - she is Australian - and had
never rapped before.
"While there’s a bit of a far-fetched fairy tale aspect to it,
(director Geremy) Jasper wraps it all up with a high-octane
finale that leaves you wanting to see more of Patti and, more
realistically, of Macdonald, whose talent is all but
staggering," wrote Hollywood Reporter critic Todd McCarthy after
the movie premiered to rave reviews at Sundance in January.
For Jasper, who wrote the film based on his own experiences in
hiphop in New Jersey, bringing his first feature film to Cannes
has been an exhausting, exhilarating experience.
"Partying, feeling very under-slept, drinking way too much
coffee, way too much champagne, smoking way too many cigarettes
just, like, being very bad – being naughty, and then having to
talk a lot about Patti ... it’s been kind of intense.
"(I have) to keep my wits about me but I don’t feel like I have
them any more!"
The Cannes Film Festival ends on Sunday.
(Writing by Robin Pomeroy; Editing by Andrew Bolton)
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