Overview

• The Oscar winner said she has admired President Claudia Sheinbaum since before her candidacy, calling her “very intelligent” and “inspiring.”
• Chastain announced plans to pursue a postgraduate degree in public administration at Harvard to deepen her civic engagement, not to enter electoral politics.
• Director Michel Franco framed Dreams as an intimate relationship that reflects U.S.–Mexico power dynamics and migration, with a Mexican release set for September 11.
• The film marks dancer Isaac Hernández’s screen debut, with the team describing carefully choreographed dance and intimate scenes handled with respect.
• Chastain emphasized migrants’ contributions to the United States and voiced concern about U.S. migration policy under President Donald Trump.