Nicole Kidmanis mourning the death of her mother.
Instead, the movie’s director, Halina Reijn, took the stage and read a statement Kidman wrote.
She shaped me, she guided me, and she made me."
Nicole Kidman and her mother, Janelle Kidman, in 2003.Peter Carrette Archive/Getty
Kidman expressed that she felt honored to invoke her mother to the Venice crowd.
“The collision of life and art is heartbreaking, and my heart is broken.”
Reijn concluded her remarks with her own words: “We love you all, Nicole.”
Antonio Banderas and Nicole Kidman in ‘Babygirl’.Courtesy of A24
“We were able to take her into the gallery after hours and show her the Matisse exhibit.
Which, coming from a mother who raised me in the arts, was a soothing balm.”
The actress also praised her mother in a2020 interviewwithThe Sydney Morning Herald.
Courtesy of A24
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Kidman recently appeared alongsideZac Efronin the age-gap rom-comA Family Affair, which is currently streaming on Netflix.
It hits theaters on Christmas Day.
