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Dolly de Leon’s Next Act: ‘Triangle of Sadness’ Breakout on Her Two Buzzy Sundance Films


Dolly de Leon talks about moving on from 'Triangle of Sadness' with two Sundance films, 'Between the Temples' and 'Ghostlight'

The Filipino actress who landed on Hollywood’s radar last year with her turn in “Triangle of Sadness” as Abigail, a toilet cleaner who becomes the domineering leader of the pampered survivors of a cruise ship disaster, had become so deeply entwined with her character that it was starting to take a toll. In “Between the Temples,” de Leon plays the Jewish stepmother of a depressed cantor (Jason Schwartzman), who is suspicious about his relationship with a septuagenarian bat mitzvah student (Carol Kane). Then there’s “ Ghostlight,” where de Leon portrays Rita, a member of an amateur theater group who helps an emotionally damaged construction worker named Dan heal after they star in “Romeo & Juliet” — the pair are very aware that Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers aren’t supposed to have as much gray around their temples.

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