Natalie Portman says women at Cannes are expected to behave differently than men

Los Angeles, May 21 : A scandalous age-gap relationship plays out at the centre of May December which debuted recently at the Cannes Film Festival.

In the starry romantic drama directed by Todd Haynes, Julianne Moore plays the December to Charles Meltons much-younger May, whose character was just 13 when the two fell in love, reports Variety.

Its a complicated dynamic, Moore admitted, because of the time in their lives when they first met."An age gap is one thing, but a relationship between an adult and a child is a different thing entirely," Moore said at Sundays press conference for May December which was embraced in the Grand Palais the day prior with an enthusiastic six-minute standing ovation."When is age inappropriate? Its when people are in different places developmentally, when someone is not an adult.This is why we have boundaries around that," she said, quoted by Variety.

"The reason why this movie feels so dangerous watching it is because people dont know where anyones boundaries are.It feels scary."In May December, Natalie Portman plays an actress who travels to Maine to study the life of Moores character, whom shes set to play in a film.

As per Variety, Moore and Melton portray as a married couple whose 20-year age gap inspired a national tabloid scandal.As they plan to send their twin girls off to college, the family dynamic begins to buckle as Portman delves into their past.

Given Americas obsession with scandal, Portman says there was no shortage of material to mine for inspiration."We had all the inspirational tabloid materials that existed.

There was a book with a crazy title, like "Punished for Love," or something like that," she recalled."We had those resources at our fingertips, which was helpful at getting background.

"Portman describes the film as a study of "the different roles we play in different environments." She observes that discrepancy is particularly on display at the Cannes Film Festival, where women are mandated to wear heels on the red carpet.

"Even here, the different ways we, as women, are expected to behave at this festival even compared to men.how were supposed to look, how were supposed to carry ourselves," she said."The expectations are different for you all the time.

It affects how you behave, whether you are buying into or rejecting it.Youre defined by the social structures upon you".aa/svn/ #Natalie #Portman #behave #Carry #Los Angeles .