As his new film
Sweet Thing
hits French screens, American director Alexandre Rockwell (who was the husband of Jennifer Beals, the
Flashdance
star in the 1980s
) is in Paris.
It would be wrong not to take advantage of it.
On the terrace of the hotel Les Jardins du Faubourg, in the 8th arrondissement, we immediately notice that this elegant sexagenarian wearing a jeans jacket has retained an air of childhood pegged to his light blue eyes.
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Sweet Thing
features her two children, Lana and Nico Rockwell.
His second wife, actress Karyn Parsons, is also a cast member of this endearing comedy-drama.
Shot in black and white, this low-budget independent film chronicles the summer escape of a sister and baby brother, from a dysfunctional family, to the industrial landscapes of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
An extension
“This film was born out of a disaster,”
smiles the director of
In the Soup
(1992) or
Somebody to Love
(1994).
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