With “French Water,” Jim Jarmusch takes a look at the famed fashion house’s Women’s collection for Summer 2021. Leading the cast are Julianne Moore, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chloë Sevigny, Indya Moore, and Leo Reilly, musician and son of John C. Reilly. In the film, Jarmusch directs Julianne Moore and Sevigny as they search for Gainsbourg at the end of a party, and they’re joined by Indya Moore. All of the actors are seen switching in and out of different ensembles. Saint Laurent creative director Anthony Vaccarello serves as art director on the film.
Here’s what a press release for the film says: “The dinner party is over. A lone waiter is watching guests search for Charlotte. The echoes of their whispers multiply. Anthony Vaccarello chose Jim Jarmusch to orchestrate a dreamy, surreal ballet, following his own rules. Mysterious, elusive Charlotte keeps disappearing, and reappearing. Tangled until creating a form of vertigo, space and time spin beautifully. Into eternity.” This isn’t the first Saint Laurent collection film to pair a filmmaker with a major star. In January of this year, Gaspar Noé directed Charlotte Gainsbourg in a look at Saint Laurent’s summer collection. Here’s what IndieWire had to say about Jim Jarmusch’s last film, “The Dead Don’t Die,” in David Ehrlich’s review:
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