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  May December thoughts    May December, starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, directed by Todd Haynes, tells the story of a scandalous couple, whom 20 years after their tabloid affair, welcomed an actress that wanted to dig up the nature of their relationship for her latest movie. Those are more or less the words of the synopsis found on google, IMDB, Letterboxd and most social media, although I'll admit, it's a bit misleading. May December is not a drama, not a soapy romance movie, and the relationship portrayed is not (just) a "tabloid scandal romance" it is a grotesque -but human- case of grooming, manipulation, coercion and and exploration of all the aspects that make up this case. It's not an easy watch, it's rather tense, and there is not one minute of the movie that is not filled with suspense, it might as well be the kind of horror movie that makes you want to crawl out of your own skin. The slow zooming of the camera, and the scary loud violin...