Overview

• At a Mexico City press event, Chastain said she admires President Claudia Sheinbaum, calling her intelligent and inspiring, remarks the president later acknowledged with thanks.
• Chastain is promoting Dreams, her second collaboration with director Michel Franco, which premiered in competition at the Berlinale and opens in Mexico on September 11.
• Franco describes the film as an intimate love story that mirrors Mexico–U.S. power imbalances and the contributions of migrants to the United States.
• Mexican ballet star Isaac Hernández makes his leading-film debut as Fernando, co-starring with Chastain in a narrative that examines control, privilege, and vulnerability.
• Chastain said she views her work as political, voiced concern about U.S. migration policy, and announced plans to pursue a public administration graduate degree at Harvard to gain tools for civic engagement.