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Film Cannes Cover Story: Scarlett Johansson On Why The Script For Her Directorial Debut ‘Eleanor The Great’ Made Her Cry: “It’s About Forgiveness”

With her directorial feature debut ‘Eleanor the Great,’ Scarlett Johansson explores universal themes of loneliness, isolation, grief and renewal through the lens of a nonagenarian played by June Squibb, in perhaps her most dynamic and arresting role. Johansson’s choice to use her star power to make an indie pic about the authentic human experience is one more way she’s proving her disruptor status.

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