Blue Jasmine
It has been a while since we have seen Cate Blanchett on the big screen, but she is back this September with her new film Blue Jasmine.
Blue Jasmine sees the Oscar winning actress team up with director Woody Allen for the first time; this is the first film for Allen since To Rome With Love.
This movie is already being talked about as a possible Oscar contender - so could Blanchett find herself once again battling it out for the Best Actress Oscar.
This is a film that we are really looking forward to here at FemaleFirst, and we have the brand new trailer for you to wet your appetite:
A terrific cast has been assembled around Blanchett as Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, Peter Sarsgaard and Bobby Cannavale are all set to star.
Woody Allen has made some great movies in recent years with the likes of Midnight In Paris and You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger being two of the highlights.
And Blue Jasmine is set to be another as he will blend heart-break and family turmoil with his usual dose of humour - this really is set to be one of the stand out September films.
After everything in her life falls to pieces, including her marriage to wealthy businessman Hal (Baldwin), elegant New York socialite Jasmine (Blanchett) moves into her sister Ginger’s (Hawkins) modest apartment in San Francisco to try to pull herself back together again.
Jasmine arrives in San Francisco in a fragile mental state, her head reeling from the cocktail of anti-depressants she’s on. While still able to project her aristocratic bearing, Jasmine is emotionally precarious and lacks any practical ability to support herself. She disapproves of Ginger’s boyfriend Chili (Cannavale), who she considers another “loser” like Ginger’s ex-husband Augie (Andrew Dice Clay).
Ginger, recognizing but not fully understanding her sister’s psychological instability, suggests that she pursue interior design, a career she correctly intuits that Jasmine won’t feel is beneath her. In the meantime, Jasmine begrudgingly accepts work as the receptionist in a dentist’s office, where she attracts the unwanted attentions of her boss, Dr. Flicker (Michael Stuhlbarg).
Feeling that her sister might be right about her poor taste in men, Ginger starts seeing Al (Louis C.K.), a sound engineer whom she considers as a step up from Chili. Jasmine sees a potential lifeline when she meets Dwight (Sarsgaard), a diplomat who is quickly smitten with her beauty, sophistication and style.
Jasmine’s flaw is that she derives her worth from the way she’s perceived by others, while she herself is blind to what is going around her.
Blue Jasmine is set to kick off a very busy period for Blanchett as she has a whole host of movies on the horizon over the next twelve months or so. Blanchett is one of the best actresses of her generation and it is great to see her back on the big screen.
Blue Jasmine is released 27th September.
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