Julie Delpy: Israel's actions endanger Jews worldwide
The fury in her gaze had not waned. At 55 years old and standing five-foot-seven, Julie Delpy continued to denounce the unspoken and the hypocrisy of the artistic in-crowd, just as she did in her vehement early days. The French comedic actress turned director, embroiled in multiple causes and living in Los Angeles since the late 1990s, stated upfront that she was ready to discuss her political battles before even mentioning her feature films.Amid her positions, the former muse of auteur cinema leverages her status as an exiled Frenchie in Hollywood. 12 years after the wrap of the "Before" trilogy — which catapulted her to global fame — Delpy returns behind (and occasionally in front of) the camera in "Les Barbares," a comedy about Breton villagers' racism in response to the arrival of a Syrian immigrant family in...
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