Robin Wright Penn, straightforward and composed

Before the screening, accompanied by director Jeff Stanzler and two French actors, Abdellatif Kechiche and Elodie Bouchez, she spoke of a film “so original, an emotional symbol of America today”, giving an enigmatic definition- but the public was soon going to understand...
About 90 minutes later, as the lights turned on, all of the members of the crew stepped onto the stage under the applause of an enthused audience. The film was intriguing, almost disquieting, and raised many questions.

Intriguing and disquieting

A spectator asked the inevitable question: “You made movies with your husband, Sean Penn, as well as with other directors. What is the difference?” Unfazed, probably because she is well trained by experience, she answered: “I don't have to sleep with the others once the day is over!”
Other questions were more surprising. “How did you decide to take the part?” “I read and reread the script, and asked myself whether I was completely crazy to think it was great! I felt attracted to the part that helped me to see how much you could hate yourself, and how far you could go when you were lonely and desperate! Maybe that is part of an actor'sjob- being able to understand extreme behaviours.”
But what did the role do for her as an actress, what made the part unique? She answered plainly and with straightforward assertiveness: “This film gave me an insight that will be of use to me for the rest of my life”... Intriguing, would you not say?