Diego Luna Discusses Grief, Migration, and Personal Filmmaking in 'Ashes' at Cannes Panel
By
Christian Zilko
The bagel they save for the regulars. Don't skim, savour.
Summary
Diego Luna participated in a panel at The American Pavilion during Cannes, discussing his new film "Ashes" alongside producers Valerie Delpierre and Luis Salinas. The conversation, moderated by IndieWire's Anne Thompson, covered themes of migration, grief, bilingual production, and the difficulties of creating personal films in the streaming era. Luna discussed how he channeled his own experiences with grief into adapting Brenda Navarro's novel about family separation and emotional displacement.
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