In Todd Haynes’ new film May December, Natalie Portman & Julianne Moore take on their most challenging role yet and we have a teaser and first look! Ready?
Here we go!
The Netflix’s film sees television star Elizabeth (Portman) preparing for the role of Gracie (Moore), half of a notorious tabloid relationship that’s now part of the distant past.
But as Elizabeth digs for inspiration, the past begins to invade the present, and long-forgotten feelings take center stage. A brief new teaser captures the film’s swampy mix of melodrama and delusion; you can check it out below.
In Netflix’s May December, popular television actor Elizabeth (Natalie Portman) heads to Savannah, Georgia, to research a part in a new film that follows a scandalous tabloid romance. That love affair — between Gracie (Julianne Moore) and Joe (Charles Melton) — was once a fixture of the gossip pages.
After all, Joe is significantly younger than Gracie, who served time in prison when they were caught together. When she was released, the pair were married, and they now have two children together who are about to graduate from high school.
At first glance, their untraditional marriage looks more predictable than Elizabeth expected. But soon, her observation brings long-dormant feelings to the surface, and the decades-old scandal reveals deeper and deeper layers.
From first-time screenwriter Samy Burch, Netflix’s May December is a deliciously witty film about performance and exploitation that juggles surreal melodrama with humane perception.
We know it sounds too interesting to resist, so you can find more information about Netflix’s May December at TUDUM.
May December will be released in select theaters on Nov. 17 and streams on Netflix in the U.S. and Canada on Dec. 1.
