Michel Franco Talks Mexico-U.S. Immigration Drama ‘Dreams’ With Jessica Chastain & How It’s Not Related To Trump; Reveals He’s Yet To See ‘Emilia Pérez’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Mexican director Michel Franco touches down at the Berlin Film Festival this weekend with drama Dreams starring Jessica Chastain, who is also an associate producer under the banner of her company Freckle Films.
A twist on the star-crossed lovers romance, Chastain stars as wealthy San Francisco socialist and philanthropist Jennifer When her younger Mexican lover Fernando– a dancer she met through a dance school program run by her family’s foundation in Mexico – turns up at her home in San Francisco after making a perilous illegal journey across the border, their love story gets complicated.
Celebrated Mexican ballerina Isaac Hernández, who is currently a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre, co-stars opposite Chastain as Fernando.
The movie, the second collaboration between Franco and Chastain after Memory, arrives at the festival as the long-running debate over illegal immigration over Mexico-U.S.
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