You definitely need to be confident in every piece of art you create. You can tell that Scarlett Johansson put a lot of herself into Eleanor the Great. The movie takes place in Upper Manhattan where she grew up, with a detour to Coney Island where she’d spend time with her grandfather as a kid.

Scarlett Johansson made her directorial debut at the Cannes Film Festival with Eleanor the Great, starring June Squibb in the lead role.

Squibb leads “Eleanor the Great,” only the second starring role for the 95-year-old actor in a performance that audibly moved the film festival crowd.