Todd Haynes returns to melodrama and forbidden romance in the wickedly-funny May December, which set the 2023 Cannes Film Festival alight, receiving an eight-minute standing ovation at the festival.

May December follows married couple Gracie and Joe Atherton-Yoo (Julianne Moore and Charles Melton) whose 23-year age gap sparked a notorious tabloid romance that gripped the nation two decades ago. Cut to modern day, and their marriage comes under renewed strain when Hollywood actress Elizabeth Berry (Natalie Portman) comes to spend time with the family to better understand Gracie, who she will be playing in a film about the scandal.