Michelle Williams like you’ve never seen her before! It’s impressive in theaters this week

What is it about?

Before the opening of his exhibition, the artist’s daily life and relationships with others, the chaos of his life will become his source of inspiration…

Just two years after the first Cow in France, Kelly Reichardt is back with Showing Up, her 8th feature film, in competition at last year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film director, who is especially appreciated by French movie lovers, finds one of his favorite actresses, Michelle Williams.

Following Wendy & Lucy, The Last Track and Certain Women, Showing Up marks the duo’s 4th collaboration. Once again, Michelle Williams surprises and impresses in this new composition, a far cry from the roles that have made her known, starting with the Dawson series.

Here he plays an artist, rather lonely and anxious, accompanied by a cat and a pigeon, whom he agrees to take care of and take under his wing. The film is a portrait of this artist at a precise moment in his life, namely the day before the opening, which causes him great anxiety.

AlloCiné was able to speak with the tandem at the Cannes Film Festival last May.

“The starting point was to talk about a regional artist in the United States who works in the community, with family and friends around him.explains Kelly Reichardt, who was specifically inspired by the work of artist Cynthia Laht.

He has his job at the neighboring art school. But he has this need to sit at his desk every day to create. This is what feeds him. She’s getting ready for the vernissage, but we know it won’t change her life, she’ll definitely show it off.”

“We always feel close in one way or another to the characters we playMichelle Williams joins us on the mic. You identify with them and see the world as they see it. You try to understand how you feel close to him and the same differences.

All the characters I’ve played are characters I’ve drawn for me. And after some time you let those characters go.”

Watch our video interview above.

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The show, co-written by Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond, directed by Kelly Reichardt and starring Michelle Williams, Hong Chow, Andre Benjamin, opens in theaters this Wednesday.