In the movie, which premiered at the Cannes
Film Festival on Saturday night, Julianne Moore plays a woman
whose relationship with a 13-year-old boy drew national tabloid
headlines.
"We expect this of men, these transgressions. We don't of women.
And we think 'what about her family? What about her kids?'"
Haynes told Reuters on Sunday. "So the women are also burdened
with an extra and unequal amount of criticism when this is the
very same thing that can happen with people."
The couple are still together two decades later when an actor -
played by Natalie Portman - inserts herself into their life to
prepare for a starring role in the film version of Moore's
story.
Her often boundary-crossing presence dredges up uncomfortable
questions that Moore's husband, played by Charles Melton of
"Riverdale", had never fully considered before.
"There are incredibly problematic aspects to how this
relationship began, which this film works toward a confrontation
of toward the end," Haynes told journalists. "Yet this is so
complicated by the fact that this relationship endured."
And the meaning of the title? "It just refers to an
older-younger relationship. May and December. And some people in
France call it 'Le Macron'" Haynes said.
(Reporting by Mindy Burrows, Writing by Miranda Murray, Editing
by Giles Elgood)
(Photo: The 76th Cannes Film Festival - Press conference for the
film "May December" in competition - Cannes, France, May 21,
2023. Director Todd Haynes and cast member Natalie Portman
attend. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard)
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