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The town in which Renata (Carmen Madonia) and her family vacation in Luis De Filippis’ assured debut, Something You Said Last Night, is sleepy — quiet and inert. The cottages, spaced out enough to give the idea of privacy, sit near a lake that glistens during the day. Boats can be rented and sailed out to the water, there’s a pool somewhere in the resort and a number of places for a person to retreat from the world.

Renata, a millennial writer grappling with a recent layoff, does a lot of hiding in De Filippis’ film. Some of it is out of necessity — she’s a trans woman navigating an often cruel world — and other times it’s for respite. Her mother, Mona (Ramona Milano), is a well-meaning Italian matriarch whose attempts to help her daughter can feel suffocating. Renata ducks behind doors and absconds to the lake to vape and contemplate.

Julia Fox is ensuring Canadians keep their eyes on her.

The “Forbidden Fruits” podcast host, who fiercely walked down the runway for designer label Dsquared2 in Milan last month, caused eyes to pop as she arrived at the Toronto premiere of “Something You Said Last Night” on Friday night.

Fox, who broke out into the acting industry with her role in A24’s “Uncut Gems” alongside Adam Sandler, made hearts beat fast everywhere by arriving in a black, cut-out dress with crucifix-adorned nipple tassels covering her chest.

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The star, a proud mother to her 2-year-old son Valentino, looked glamorously alluring as she flashed her midriff through a sheer, nude fabric. She also rocked her notoriously razor-thin eyebrows but shook up this appearance with her hair in an eye-catching red hue.

Julia Fox is dabbling in the Canadian film industry.

The “Uncut Gems” star, 33, has taken on the role of executive producer for Luis De Filippis’ debut feature film, “Something You Said Last Night”, according to Variety.

The Canadian-Swiss project gained attention after its premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), where it won the Shawn Mendes Change Maker Award and later garnered accolades at San Sebastian, Cairo, and Rotterdam film festivals.

The film stars up-and-coming actress Carmen Madonia, alongside Ramona Milano, Paige Evans, and Joey Parro. The story revolves around a trans woman named Ren (Madonia), an aspiring writer in her 20s, and her younger sister Siena (Evans), as they reluctantly join their parents on a family vacation.

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Julia Fox will join director De Filippis in Canada to promote the film before its upcoming release...

Carmen Madonia as Ren, speaking about the role, she said: 'Preparing for the role completely changed my life beyond my career'

Something You Said Last Night follows twentysomething Ren (Carmen Madonia) as she goes, somewhat reluctantly, on holiday with her parents Mona (Ramona Milano) and Guido (Joe Parro), and younger sister Siena (Paige Evans). The film follows the family’s exploits over the course of the week as small dramas and moments of power play between the family members unfold. Although Ren is a transgender woman, the film is informed by her gender identity rather than being driven by it, which makes a refreshing change and marks out director Luis De Filippis, whose film is partially inspired by her own experiences, as a strong new voice in the world of independent filmmaking. The film has already picked up the Changemaker Award in Toronto - given for films that showcase a strong social message.

Many people have complicated feelings around family, but queer folks often experience a unique kind of emotional whiplash. Family can be the source of conflict and intimacy; isolation and familiarity; safety and danger. Those who know you best can hurt you most, especially when acute self-knowledge is necessary to your survival. These themes resonate quietly in “Something You Said Last Night,” the visionary feature debut of Canadian-Italian filmmaker Luis De Filippis. Loosely inspired by her own family, the film is an elegant exploration of a young person careening between connection and alienation while on a cramped family getaway.

Intimately tender and boisterously fun, “Something You Said Last Night” announces the arrival of a vital new voice in trans cinema.

Focused and precise, the story takes place over a distinct period of time — a week-long family vacation. The film begins and ends with a car ride, that universal site of familial strife and bonding.

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The coming-of-age debut film follows Ren, an aspiring writer and mid-twenty-something, who after being fired from her job accompanies her Canadian-Italian family on vacation. The realities of being a stunted millennial and a trans woman coalesce as she struggles to balance the yearning for independence with the comfort of being taken care of.

The Canadian-Swiss project is produced by Jessica Adams, Michael Graf, Harry Cherniak, Rhea Plangg, Michela Pini and Luis De Filippis through Ja Productions and Cinédokké. Executive producers are Francesca Silvestri and Kevin Chinoy, producers of Sean Baker’s The Florida Project. Distribution is being handled by Elevation Pictures in Canada, while UTA is handling U.S. sales.

Starring are up-and-coming performer Carmen Madonia, Ramona Milano (Due South), Paige Evans (Trapped With My Husband) and Joey Parro (Nikita).

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