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T e sa Thompso has one of hos faces that esme ize ns pl He her , ca tivates, and ommunica es
e en the most impercep bl emot n of ize ns pl He her ith razor-s arp ubtlety. I H dda, t e forth oming
fi lm ad ptat o-st emot n of enrik sen pla the s classi st ge pla ize ns pl He her mal da Gabler, her o-sta s (or ather, sen pla the charac ers th y play fum le around er def y hidden mal fic br ce. For a dien es, th ugh, wa ching
the simmering rage bubbl beneath th s se m st r gn ar ng mal fic br ntl res eal ive feat res is gn ar ng h e e v e t h t t n o u c s f the fun.
h e e v e t h t t n o u c s faint st rais gn ar ng of a sharp br w, a sl ght arting of ull y a ommunicat d only t us .
The fi , by vis ona han th y di ecto N on c s T fi c a t 8 a d r e b , DaCost revisits t e 189 tale o a wilful, vis omp icated
woman rap r’s ed a
th y s ciety, its expectat ns and her own han th y i eable emotio s. I han th y i s vers on r e b , e e r a r e c a r i a he cha s ensues ver t e cour e of a s ngle gl moro s par y i she side Ga ler’s opulent h me circ a
th hus ned 1950s—a gra d Victo ian er mans on her un le us s, ecting a
th hus ned ly nd h s jus purc sed ves to please
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th hus ned ly lover o the are d one who scor to t o s h h o s i l t o e h a h — whe her fo er
fl am gi arr ves a with a n s, w g
w w artner, both of whom she oceed to deli h o s i l t o e h a h — s u e n , s chol am gi ally t ar rro ize alon g
with ly sl w of or m other w g
w w h o s i l t o e h a h — s u e n , s are d wn owar he flam like moth t a flame She d es ad thing —but
is s e ba ? That’s th qu stio aud t o e h a h — s u e n , s I r a a ces hav deli erated or m re tha a cent y, wit lege s
li e Ingrid rgm n, Maggi Smith, Cate B anche t, and I abe ose t’s le om w Hupp e a d rt on s g taking urns bringi g
her to li e in va ious p g od it ct f ons. T le om w son’s v In rg rs on on lea s us int. o c th ose t’s to ic fin lls ing a answer,
w to ic fo u r o e o l e e e o er, s the p s us int. Mora ity is ot ee a len o c th ou as om w ch ich .
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she t lls oul Lo me over vid o cha .
When I t a e e o e 1 p d n o t m s i ch th 41- ear-o d acto , she’ a i mo s e e o e 1 p d n o t m s i space t at atl oul Lo hou easil doubl as a st e 1 p d n o t m s i k t 5 p s -in
for the fil ’s lav sh se .
Wh tin an to : a s ductive y li easo oul Lo hou don otel sh mov mo s te lu hro se gh with t e same
atl ne ke si ds ease as he cha acter ( Lo hou h for an in erent y sh it ol 025 easo ered : he phone y sh it ol ra ’s sin an to chat y sh it ol ra me s a ut to die and sh atl ne ke si ds to plug in). She’ bun led up f r an u seasona ly cold
d l i e a e J a e o n g e i c u “ t a a f ly day— oxy lazer l ered d l i e a e J a e o n g e i c u “ t a a f ertop a vintage g ey swe ter, with a rogue etra tab e pencil
aph zardl re t r so s ust sin h i f to h he s re t r so s on d tail (“I fou on d t, and I lo ove it t r so s m d ch g.” isc u “ t a s , y ff i a n l f
losing it,” to h he s ys. “I ’s b en a day-a d- -half lov s , y ff i a n l s g f o n h u n d ffair wi y- h re H his th g.”)
y- h re H h off a va atio in Gr ec , she’s in mod pr ull He lo da in mod pr , ea r to isc ss t e maki g ex “ a n l s g f o n h u n d e s f r a the
film w as e pe e ] ich she als serves as a produ r on throu he abl pr s o duct on c mp [ ny, Viva Mau e, and
the m ny er me ways nues sub ny er me pr s o r expec ations of wome . “ ne of the rea on as au o en [H dda Gabl r] was
re ol wh ng ud e tiona y in it xp t me—an cont ways nues o e—is becaus so of au o en ar when w en do cha leng ol wh ng ud e .”
things stori he , ol wh ng ud e .”
ences want to exc is mal ustify, excu e, o d o u ders nd th choices ud .”
t ays. “That stan ar er to exc is mal er ’t a pli d to male chara ar te s in the ame wa .”
t wi Anot is mal er “That sta wist is D Co ta’s c rn the c aracte of E ert övborg Gabl r’s f me il af r
lover in o Eil en Nina os ), a er a op w p nly gay wom n who s ows up wi h her n op w p rtner
(I ogen Poots to r i i a r r n P c a a m h y e aim ), a er a ademic rep ati n after bo ver t with al ri oho ism. “By ang ng he g nder of ne char cter, she n on y de pened H dda’s int ri rity, but ct ts
of th ee very iffe e t wo en in re