PARK CITY, Utah (AP) ā really wanted to work with but the opportunity would require her to step a little outside of her comfort zone.
came to her with an idea for āBetween the Temples,ā about a widow and a widower who become friends one winter. Her character, Carla, is a retired music teacher who wants to get her bat mitzvah. Schwartzmanās Ben is her former student, and currently a cantor, who agrees to help (reluctantly at first). Silver and his co-writer C. Mason Wells didnāt have a script, not in any traditional sense. It was something in between a script and a treatment, a novella of sorts with some written lines and lots of opportunity for creativity and character development.
āThe idea sounded pretty fascinating,ā Kane, 71, said in a recent phone interview. āBut I was a little trepidatious about working in a way that I never had before.ā
She was willing to take the leap with her collaborators, however. It helped that she felt like she knew Carla in a way.
āThe story of Carla is somewhat similar to my momās story. She moved to France and started an entirely new life at 55. She just changed her life,ā said Kane, with her 97-year-old mother nearby. āI think that there are a lot of very brave women out there sort of trying to reinvent themselves at a certain age when certain responsibilities have freed them to make that choice.ā
The film premiered this week at the in Park City, Utah, where it is seeking distribution. And working with Schwartzman on the complex, loving relationship between Carla and Ben was as good as she hoped.
āIt was like having a great dancing partner,ā Kane said. āHeās just a great actor and heās a great human being. I certainly hope that we will get to do this again sooner rather than later.ā
Kane considers herself extremely lucky for sheās gotten to work with over the years. Her first film, āCarnal Knowledge,ā was after all. Sheād go on to work with (āThe Last Detailā), (āHester Street,ā for which Kane got an Oscar nomination), (āDog Day Afternoonā), (āAnnie Hallā), (āIshtarā) and (āThe Princess Brideā), and act in the
More recently sheās gained new fans through and her current series But thereās at least on her list that she hasnāt gotten to work with yet.
āI hope to one day get a chance to work with Marty Scorsese,ā Kane said. āThatās been my lifelong dream.ā
Recently Kane was watching an interview with on āCBS Sunday Morning.ā She was a big fan of Stoneās and was interested in what she had to say.
āSheās a genius in that movie. Sheās just brilliant,ā Kane said. āAnd (in the interview) she goes on and on about how every time she gets a new part, she feels she wonāt be able to execute it, that she wonāt be able to do it and that fear just reverberates on a constant basis. I have to say, thatās how I feel.ā
Kane continued: āFor me, at my age, it was kind of jarring, but also kind of moving to hear someone whoās as young and beautiful and as big a movie star as Emma Stone is having the exact same feelings I have.ā
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Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press