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Michel Franco Talks Mexico-U.S. Immigration Drama ‘Dreams’ With Jessica Chastain & How It’s Not Related To Trump; Reveals He’s Yet To See ‘Emilia Pérez’


Michel Franco Talks Immigration Relationship Drama 'Dreams' & How It Is Not Related To Trump; Reveals He’s Yet To See ‘Emilia Pérez’ - Berlinale

When her younger Mexican lover Fernando– a dancer she met through a dance school program run by her family’s foundation in Mexico – turns up at her home in San Francisco after making a perilous illegal journey across the border, their love story gets complicated. The movie, the second collaboration between Franco and Chastain after Memory, arrives at the festival as the long-running debate over illegal immigration across the Mexico-U.S. border heats up, as President Donald Trump drafts extra troops to the 1,954-mile frontier as part of an attempted crackdown. FRANCO: I haven’t had a chance to see the movie, so I couldn’t say… as a Mexican, I’m entitled to shoot in the States because we share this massive border and because it affects our daily lives.

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