[Article] Naomi Watts, Anne Fontaine on Forbidden Love in ‘Two Mothers’

Jan 25, 2013

In the new film, “Two Mothers,” actress Naomi Watts plays Lil, a middle-aged Australian woman who, with the help of her best friend Roz (Robin Wright), has raised her teenage son after her husband passed away. Roz’s own son is about the same age, and together their two families enjoy life in a remote seaside town.

In an early scene of “Two Mothers, which premiered this past week at Sundance, Lil and Roz sunbathe while watching their sons ride the waves on their surfboards. “Look at them, they’re like gods,” Roz says, as the camera follows the strapping young men as they command the forces of the sea.

The scene foreshadows the unexpected, some would call forbidden, turn in the lives of these four people. (Again, spoiler warning.) When Roz’s husband is pulled away to Sydney for a career opportunity, the two women and their sons spend more and more time together, eventually leading to secret love affairs between Roz and Lil’s son, and Lil and Roz’s son. (....more after the jump.)

[Article] Look inside of "Two Mothers".......

Sundance 2013: French director Anne Fontaine's work translates

Anne Fontaine didn't believe 'Two Mothers,' an adaptation of a Doris Lessing novella, would work well in French. So she made her first English language film.


By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

Jan 24, 2013.

Writer Doris Lessing was 92 years old when French filmmaker Anne Fontaine met her last year, and she made quite an impression.

"She's wild," Fontaine says. "She has a look I'd never seen before: eyes that go into your head, like a fakir, so intense, not hiding anything."

The two women were speaking because Fontaine was going to turn Lessing's novella "The Grandmothers" into a film and the Nobel Prize-winning author had some unexpected advice for adapting her story of two women looking back on their lives.

"She tells me, 'Don't take two old women, 60-year-olds. If you do, women will be against the story. The audience has to envy them in a way, even if it is almost a taboo.'"

Fontaine took Lessing's suggestion, casting Naomi Watts and Robin Wright in "Two Mothers," one of the Sundance Film Festival's more provocative entries. It's the story of what happens when two Australian women, best friends since childhood, take each other's sons as lovers.

"I know this is very provocative. People could be shocked, but I believe in this story," the director says. "This sex, it's like a drug, it's stronger than rationality. It's not normal sexuality, the desire is not classic, not conventional. It's something violent inside, something they can't explain. They don't know where it's going to end." (....more after the jump)

Naomi Watts - Furniture Shopping Jan 23, 2013

Naomi Watts fits in with the Venice Beach crowd as she steps out in billowing top and edgy trousers

24 Jan, 2013

She was forced to bundle up for the cold conditions whilst she was recently in Sundance, leaving little room to experiment with her fashion.

But Naomi Watts once again flirted with her style as she stepped out in balmy Venice Beach on Wednesday.

The 44-year-old actress fitted in with the bohemian crowd by wearing a floaty patterned top and edgy burgundy jeans whilst furniture shopping in the beach side suburb.

The Impossible star accessorised with brown leather ankle boots and a black leather handbag.

The Aussie blonde wore her flaxen locks out in a straight style and shielded her eyes with Aviator sunglasses.

Naomi was enjoying a chance to do some shopping in the midst of a so far busy awards and film festival season.

[Talkshow] Naomi Watts on Jimmy Kimmel Jan 23, 2013 (video)

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[Articles] Director & Producers talk "Movie 43" and praise Naomi Watts & Kate winslet...

Peter Farrelly and producers Charles Wessler and John Penotti talk 'Movie 43'

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'Movie 43' co-director Peter Farrelly praises comedic Kate Winslet, Naomi Watts..

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[Article] J A Bayona happy for Naomi Watts' Oscar nomination

J.A. Bayona: "I am very happy for the nomination to the Oscar of Naomi Watts"

22 Jan 2013 - Milenio

The nomination of Watts has revived the promotion of "Impossible" in United States, "which is still very funny but very tired," said the filmmaker, J.A. Bayona.

[Translation - original in Spanish]

"Impossible" director, Jose Antonio Bayona, has shown today "very happy" the nomination to the Oscar of the actress in the film, Naomi Watts. "It's a surprise", because "you have to take into account that (the film) does not have the promotional campaign for its competitors," he stressed.

The nomination of Watts has revived the promotion of "Impossible" in United States, "which is still very funny but very tired," said the filmmaker, who made these statements in the Albéniz of Barcelona Palace, along with the other nominees for the Gaudí prize of the Academy of Catalan cinema.

"The other day I was at the Golden Globes and I spent it very well," recalled the director, whose film has broken box-office records in Spain and is being very well received in the United States and other countries.(...read more after the jump)

Naomi Watts says "Two Mothers" is unique & great to be back to Sundance (videos)

Sundance 2013: Naomi Watts - Two Mothers Is 'Unique'

Naomi Watts chats with Access at Sundance 2013 about her new movie, "Two Mothers." What makes the film unique? And, why is it being describes as "controversial"? Plus, what does she enjoy most about the festival?



[Great to be back to Sundance - on the red carpet]

Naomi Watts' home comforts Jan 20, 2013

After weeks of red carpets, interviews, traveling....promoting her new films and attending award events, Naomi is now back to the comforts of home in the company of her family members, seen here on Jan 20, 2013 outside of her house in Los Angeles.

"The Impossible" breaks $100 M mark in foreign box office

Summit Entertainment -Mediaset Espana’s production of The Impossible, distributed overseas by Lionsgate, has crossed the $100-million foreign gross mark ($106 million). Director Juan Antonio Bayona’s tsunami disaster epic costarring Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor drew $7.9 million on the weekend at some 2,700 venues in in 47 territories highlighted by a $1.9 million opening round in South Korea.

Naomi Watts' back to LA after promoting "Two Mothers" at Sundance FF - Jan 19, 2013

Heading back home after a busy weekend, Naomi Watts arrived at LAX Airport.

The “Impossible” beauty donned a comfortable ensemble of a plaid shirt and black skinny jeans as she toted her belongings through the busy terminal.

She was in Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival.

Along with director Anne Fontaine, she debuted her latest work, “Two Mothers,” at the annual independent film gathering.




[On the Red Carpet of the Premiere of "Two Mothers" at Sundance FF 2013]

[Interview] Naomi Naomi Watts talks Two Mothers and Oscars with TotalFilm

The actress on sex, awards and accents
Jan 20th 2013 By Matthew Leyland, TotalFilm

In Two Mothers, Watts stars alongside Robin Wright as two lifelong friends who fall for each other’s sons (Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville).

“It’s just so different; it’s unique,” said Watts of the premise, adapted by director Anne Fontaine (Coco Before Chanel) from Doris Lessing’s novel.

She also talked to TF about sex scenes, accents and her Best Actress Oscar nomination for real-life disaster drama The Impossible.

Two Mothers tackles something that’s still pretty relatively rare in modern cinema: older women involved with younger men.

“That’s just one side of the taboo; the other side is that the characters have all grown up together. It’s just so different. It’s unique.”(...more after jump)

Naomi watts & director Anne Fontaine on "Two Mothers" @ Sundance (videos)

Watch: Naomi Watts and director Anne Fontaine on the surprising love story 'Two Mothers' - how Watts moved to "a place of forgiveness" with a difficult character


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