Jackie (2016 film)
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Jackie is a 2016 biographical drama film directed by Pablo Larraín and written by Noah Oppenheim. The film stars Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy and tells the story about her life after the 1963 assassination of her husband John F. Kennedy. Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup and John Hurt also star; it was Hurt's final film released before his death in January 2017.
Plot
The film begins with Jackie Kennedy receiving a journalist for an interview at her home. After some small talk and introductory questions, the journalist turns to his inquiries about the assassination and its aftermath for Jackie and her family. In a series of flashbacks, Jackie is shown in her emotional reaction to the events of the assassination and her interaction with members of the White House close to the President. Lyndon Johnson and his wife are shown comforting Jackie in the aftermath. Robert Kennedy soon appears to help her, in planning the funeral and looking after the family. Jackie is especially concerned for the well-being of the children in adjusting to the loss of their father. As the film returns several times to the journalist interviewing Jackie, she makes clear that she maintains the right to control which parts of the interview may come to press and which parts are to be withheld. By the end of the film, Jackie's recollections make clear that her reminiscence of her years at the White House were best recalled in her memory as those associated with the Camelot created in Washington during her husband's term as President.
