Two months ahead of its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, Nicole Kidman’s new film Grace of Monaco has been revealed in its first full-length trailer.
The clip shows Nicole’s flawless portrayal of Princess Grace, demonstrating just how well the 46-year-old Aussie actress captured Grace’s demeanour, facial expressions and sense of style.
Set in 1962, Grace of Monaco explores the life former Hollywood star Grace Kelly during a dispute between her husband Prince Rainier III and France’s Charles De Gaulle over tax laws.
The film’s plot follows the international crisis and Grace’s personal crisis which saw her having to choose between returning to her old life as a Hollywood movie star or accepting that she would never act again and embracing her new role as a royal in the world’s second smallest country.
Film icons: Grace Kelly with her Oscar in 1955 and Nicole Kidman poses with her Oscar in 2003.
The Olivier Dahan-directed film has received criticism from Monaco’s royal family, including Grace’s three children Prince Albert, Princess Caroline and Princess Stephanie, which prompted Kidman speak out and clear up the confusion.
“This is not a biopic or a fictionalised documentary of Grace Kelly,” said Nicole. “But only a small part of her life where she reveals her great humanity as well as her fears, and weaknesses.”
The film’s director also says that while he understands the point of view of the royal offspring, the film was never intended to be an exact historical portrayal.
“I am an artist,” says Dahan. “I have not made a biopic. I have done, in any subjectivity, a human portrait of a modern woman who wants to reconcile her family, her husband, her career. But who will give up her career and invent another role. And it will be painful.”
The film, which also stars Sir Derek Jacobi, Frank Langella and Tim Roth as Prince Ranier, is due to hit cinemas overseas in May but is yet to receive an Australian release date.
