“Secrets of Scandal”, a Netflix film that could surprise at the 96th Academy Awards, has arrived in domestic cinemas, and was nominated in the “Best Original Screenplay” category.
The film by Todd Haynes, which premiered on 2020 Cannes Film Festival3, is based on a true story and stars Natalie Portman, Jualinne Moore and Charles Melton.
The film follows the actress Elizabeth Berry (Portman)which deals with the family dynamics of the marriage of Gracie Atherton-Yu (Moore) and Joe (Charles Melton), a media romance that scandalized the whole country.
Berry will play Gracie in the fiction, so she will spend time with family try to better understand his character, however, the family dynamics will unravel under public pressure.
Portman’s character begins to ask questions, as a “relationship” by Gracie and Joestarted when she was 36 and her husband was 13, a detail that was inspired by a real case.
“Secrets of Scandal” is based on story by Professor Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau, who came from a broken family, which played an important role, and was 12 years old.
Kay Letourneau, 34, sexually assaulted Fualaaw and a year after it was revealed what happened, she was arrested and sentenced to six months in prison for two counts of rape of a minor after entering into a no-contact agreement with the victim, which did not happen, because the first daughter with Fualaau acted criminally during the process .’
“May December” (“Secrets of a Scandal”).
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The teacher returned to prison and was sentenced to 7 years in prisonin which period she had a second child with Fualaau and whom she married after she was released again, at that time the victim was 22 years old.
The marriage lasted until 2019, the teacher led a normal life as if nothing had happened, there was never a crime for her even though she had to register as a sex offender, and she even blamed Fualaau, claiming that he was looking for her. .
It is important to note that 2020 Kay Letourneau, at 58, fdied after being diagnosed with cancer.
Source: Panama America
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