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Julianne Moore to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Rome Film Festival
Confirmed
In Short: Julianne Moore will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 21st edition of the Rome Film Festival, which runs from October 11 to 19, 2023. The award recognizes Moore's extensive and versatile career in Hollywood.
Moore's latest film, 'The Debut,' directed by Jesse Eisenberg, has garnered significant buzz and is generating awards season interest. In the film, Moore plays Mona Friedman, a shy housewife who becomes an ardent method actor after being cast in a small role at a community theater.
Eisenberg, who directed 'The Debut,' expressed his admiration for Moore, stating, 'Julianne has been my favorite actress since I started watching movies about adults.' The film marks their second collaboration, following 'When You Finish Saving the World' in 2022.
In 'The Debut,' Moore's character, Mona, undergoes a transformation from a timid housewife to a zealous actor willing to do anything to protect the artistic integrity of her role. The film premiered to rave reviews at the Telluride Film Festival and has since been generating Oscar buzz.
Moore's career is marked by standout performances in films such as 'Short Cuts,' 'Boogie Nights,' 'Magnolia,' 'Far From Heaven,' and 'Maps to the Stars.' She has won an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and a Bafta for her role in 'Still Alice' and an Emmy for playing Sarah Palin in 'Game Change.
Moore's versatility and intensity in portraying characters have earned her top acting honors at the Venice, Berlin, and Cannes film festivals, making her the only American woman to achieve this feat.
Eisenberg expressed his anxiety about the film's reception, saying, 'Once I figured it out that it could be through Julianne's eyes and not a 6-year-old Jesse, then it made sense as a movie.' He added, 'It’s a very weird thing where I go through this process of talking about the movie and it rolling out in this way with pure terror in my heart.
What this adds
The Rome Film Festival is the latest in a series of accolades for Moore, including the Zurich Film Festival’s Golden Icon Award.
Background
The Tokyo International Film Festival has announced that Japanese-Korean filmmaker Mipo O and Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof will be honored with the Kurosawa Akira Award at this year’s festival.
What's confirmed
- In September, Moore received the Zurich Film Festival’s Golden Icon Award as “The Debut” launched internationally at the Swiss fest after premiering to rave reviews at Telluride.
What's still developing
- The afternoon we spend sitting there under a large orange umbrella is technically the first time I’ve met Moore, but as I tell her before we officially begin our interview, our paths have crossed before.
- Twenty years ago, I was working as a cashier at a grocery store in Yorkville, the neighborhood of Toronto that used to host most of the Toronto International Film Festival.
- Mona is searching for freedom but perhaps is just trading one limit for another; the other actors are devotees of their craft and disciples of Jerry, the grandiose director, played by Paul Giamatti.
- Even as Mona becomes more delusional and her behavior crosses over from timid to erratic to bizarre, Moore plays her as someone who is approaching a precipice of her life where she must choose to be more herself, whatever it takes.
- The Debut star has the rare ability to put every bit of herself into her roles Every product on this page was chosen by a Harper's BAZAAR editor.
- Julianne Moore rounds the sandy path to join me in this idyllic summer scene.
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- Julianne Moore will pick up a lifetime achievement honor at this year’s Rome Film Fest, the latest career-spanning tribute for one of Hollywood’s most decorated and dependably versatile actresses.
- The Oscar winner will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the festival’s 21st edition, which runs Oct.
- Her astounding film career includes standout performances in Robert Altman’s Short Cuts (1993); Boogie Nights (1997) and Magnolia (1999) from Paul Thomas Anderson; in Todd Haynes’ Far From Heaven and May December (2023); and in Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door (2024) among many others.
- “At heart, the film is a twisted love letter to the glory of community theater,” wrote Variety chief film critic Owen Gleiberman in his review.
- Julianne Moore will be honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Rome Film Festival.