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Trailer Watch: Kristen Stewart Is Waiting for a Sign in “Personal Shopper”

“Personal Shopper”: Mk2

The latest trailer for “Personal Shopper” is here and sees protagonist Maureen (Kristen Stewart) buying haute couture and running errands for her boss, Kyra. “Kyra’s very high-profile,” Maureen tells someone, possibly her therapist. “She can’t do normal things, so I assist her.”

But Maureen isn’t just working for Kyra. She’s also a spiritual medium. “Grieving the recent death of her twin brother, she haunts his Paris home, determined to make contact with him,” the film’s synopsis hints. Emphasis on the word “haunts”: Maureen is so preoccupied with communicating with her brother that she isn’t really living, either. She is just waiting for his ghost to contact her and alleviate her mourning.

Stewart has made a lot of really interesting career choices, and has come a long way since her breakout in “Twilight.” And she seems to be getting more and more comfortable speaking about her experiences. “Women inevitably have to work a little bit harder to be heard,” she told Harper’s Bazaar UK in 2015. “Hollywood is disgustingly sexist. It’s crazy. It’s so offensive it’s crazy.”

In August of last year, Stewart spoke to the New York Times briefly about her struggles with anxiety. “[My anxiety] is no longer negative or fear-based. I do think that’s because of the storms I have weathered. It’s not that they make you stronger or calloused — but they do make you a human,” she commented.

Stewart has recently acted in “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,” “Certain Women,” and “Café Society,” and hosted “Saturday Night Live” last weekend. She’s set to star alongside Chloë Sevigny in “Lizzie” and make her directorial debut with “Come Swim,” as part of Refinery29’s Shatterbox Anthology. The short made its world premiere at Sundance last month.

“Personal Shopper” is directed by Olivier Assayas. Stewart became the first American to win a César Award for her role in his film “Clouds of Sils Maria.”

You can catch “Personal Shopper” in theaters March 10.


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