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Cinema
Jackie: Directed by Pablo Larraín, nationwide, 15A,Rating:4/5
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The English-language debut from Chilean director Pablo Larraín, Jackie turns the classical forms of the biopic into a hypnotic ghost story. A singular exploration of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy’s mind and spirit in the immediate aftermath of her husband JFK’s assassination in 1963, the spectre in the film isn’t the murdered president but Jackie herself. A powerful reflection ...
