Jesse Eisenberg, Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard on polarized families in “When you finish saving the world” – Cannes Studio

After his Sundance premiere in January, Jesse Eisenberg made his directorial debut. When you are done saving the world It does not lose its relevance, it explores the themes of family division in the political climate that divides modern America. After the film’s opening night during Cannes Film Festival Critics’ Week, the studio stopped at Deadline with Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard, Eisenberg explained that his comedy-drama is basically about two normal but very different people. Common than you think.

“The film is about a mother and child having a strained relationship,” Eisenberg said. “The mother is very politically active – she runs a domestic violence shelter – and her son is a talented musician who plays for money on a platform like TikTok, where he has thousands of followers around the world. They just don’t look at their policies. “Their ethics are contradictory, but you realize they are quite similar: they are motivated, ambitious and self-directed people.”

Eisenberg admits that his film describes a common occurrence in a world dominated by social media. “I think of course we have all become politicians, probably due to the media and the changes in our culture,” he said. So the film tries to show the awkwardness between having a very strong political perspective and a family member you live with who has an opposite ethic. These two characters see the world very differently, but they are forced to live together. And I think it’s a conflict for a lot of people right now; [families are] Take apart. “

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For Moore, this crack led him to the role. “I was very interested in how polarized they were,” he said. You see who they are as the film unfolds and you realize that their desire to connect and their inability to connect is due to the fact that they cannot see themselves beyond their values. “But they see you understand how important it is to understand how to unite and not stay polarized. This is where we are, I believe, right now. “

Wolfhardt was quick to comment that Eisenberg’s film takes no position. “Nobody’s right,” he laughs. “Nobody is right in this movie.”

See the full interview above.

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