Writer-director Nicole Holofcener returns to Sundance for the fourth time with biting comedy You Hurt My Feelings. It’s her reunion with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who stars as a novelist with a marriage upended by overhearing her husband’s honest opinion of her latest book.
Michaela Watkins, Arian Moayed and Jeannie Berlin also star. You Hurt My Feelings premieres today at 6:30 MST. Ahead of that, Holofcener shares some thoughts with Deadline on her latest film, the festival, and directing in pajamas, remotely, with a case of Covid. DEADLINE: You’re a writer.
How personal is this film for you? HOLOFCENER: The movie is personal to me in indirect ways. I’ve wondered about the questions that are raised in the film.
Would I be able to feel ok if someone very close to me didn’t like my movies? I’m sure plenty of people I know don’t like my movies, or not all of them, and I just don’t know it, thank god.
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