Richard Linklater`s `Where`d You Go Bernadette` premiered on Monday in New York City. The 2-time Oscar Winner Cate Blanchet who will be bringing the eccentricities of Bernadette took the red carpet in style.

The `Ocean`s 8` and `Thor: Ragnarock` star attended the screening event at Metrograph on Monday, August 12. She was joined on the carpet by her co-stars Billy Crudup, Claudia Doumit, Zoe Chao, Emma Nelson, Katelyn Statton, and director Richard Linklater.

Cate will play Bernadette, a creative genius on the verge of a severe breakdown. Once a brilliant architect on the rise, Bernadette gives up and channels all her energies in raising her daughter Bee. Bernadette, unknown to others is edging towards a disaster and disappears before a family trip to Antarctica. The movie, based on Maria Semple`s novel of the same name details how Bee, looks to find her mother by piecing together.

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Blanchet, being a fan of Semple`s writing came on board immediately. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight Canada, she said that Bernadette`s character doesn`t fit an expected framework of motherhood as seen on screen. She found to be an interesting take on family and motherhood. For her, Bernadette is a `misanthrope` and lost in some regard. She`s someone who has failed on a professional front and is about to lose her daughter to boarding school.

Director Richard Linklater found Semple`s book to be a huge storytelling challenge. For her, the story is a portrait of a genius and could have only played by Cate Blanchet. Richard Linklater was taken by Blanchet`s dedication, who brought something different to her role every day.

`Where`d You Go Bernadette` is directed by Richard Linklater and stars Cate Blanchet, Billy Crudup, Emma Nelson, Laurence Fishburne, Kristen Wiig, Judy Greer, Troian Bellisario, Zoe Chao.

`Where`d You Go Bernadette` is scheduled for a theatrical release on 16 August 2019.