An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
Acting
Portman's voice work is uncanny—every breath calculated, every crack deliberate.
Score
Mica Levi's violins sound like grief itself, physically nauseating in the best way.
Cinematography
Close-ups so invasive you'll forget to blink.
Director
Pablo Larraín
Natalie Portman
Jackie Kennedy
Peter Sarsgaard
Robert Kennedy
Greta Gerwig
Nancy Tuckerman
Billy Crudup
The Journalist
John Hurt
The Priest
Richard E. Grant
Bill Walton
Caspar Phillipson
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Beth Grant
Lady Bird Johnson
John Carroll Lynch
Lyndon B. Johnson
Max Casella
Jack Valenti
Sara Verhagen
Mary Gallagher
Hélène Kuhn
Pam Turnure
Deborah Findlay
Maud Shaw
Corey Johnson
Larry O'Brien
Aidan O'Hare
Ken O' Donnell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Larraín shot the funeral procession in actual 16mm to match archival footage, blurring documentary and delusion.
Portman studied hours of Jackie audio but deliberately didn't match the accent perfectly—she wanted 'emotional truth over impersonation.' The real Jackie reportedly hated her breathy public voice.
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