In 2009 , Delpy starred in '' The Countess '' , also her third film as a director in which she played the title role of Elizabeth Báthory . The film also starred Daniel Brühl , and William Hurt . In 2011 Delpy wrote and directed '' Le Skylab '' . The film received a theatrical release in France , but failed to find distribution in the U.S . In 2012 she released '' 2 Days in New York '' , a sequel to her 2007 film '' 2 Days in Paris '' . The film starred Delpy and actor Chris Rock . Delpy stated that she wrote the role specifically for Rock . In 2013 , Delpy reunited with Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke to write '' Before Midnight '' , the sequel to '' Before Sunrise '' and '' Before Sunset '' . Delpy again starred with Hawke , and the film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival . It went on to screen out of competition at the Berlin International Film Festival and was released in May 2013 . Delpy was later nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards alongside Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke . Responding to criticism regarding the nudity in the film in an interview with GQ Magazine , Delpy remarked : Some people were like , ' it 's not feminist . You 're showing your tits and he 's not showing his ass . ' But is n't it the people who are hiding women behind layers of clothes who are the misogynists ? I 'm a real person , so it 's a statement to say , ' Alright , I 'm a forty year-old woman , and this is what you get with no plastic surgery . ' '' Lolo '' was Delpy 's second French-language feature film . It was also the first film she directed since '' 2 Days in New York '' . She has also written and directed the HBO movie '' Cancer Vixen '' , starring Cate Blanchett as Marisa Acocella Marchetto , a cartoonist for '' The New Yorker '' who is diagnosed with cancer . In early 2014 Delpy announced her next writing-directing project would be called '' A Dazzling Display of Splendor '' and focus on a family of vaudeville performers
Berlin International Film Festival
63rd Berlin International Film Festival
Julie Delpy