Sofia Coppola has described the women in her film as "parts of me at different stages of my life" and revealed how Bill Murray's character in her new comedy-drama is based on her own father.
The 49-year-old Lost In Translation director, who is also responsible for film such as Somewhere, starring Elle Fanning, and Marie Antoinette featuring Kirsten Dunst, said she is "glad that there are more and more stories from a women's point of view".
Speaking about her latest offering, On the Rocks, which stars Rashida Jones as a mother who reconnects with her philandering father, played by Bill Murray, Coppola admits Murray's character is inspired by her own dad, The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola.
"There's a father-daughter theme that runs through with Elle's character and Rashida but I think they're just different moments, where you look at what kind of person you're going to be and who you're going to be within the different roles that you're a part of."
"There is a generation of men and they were the ones who drink martinis and cigars and are connected with a kind of old-world way of life you don't see as much now. And of course their perspectives are different," she said.
"There's a clash. They have a fun quality and are a kind of a breed that doesn't exist but how to explore that with all the contradictions and the clash between the generations?
"It comes from our parents' generation and characters that I've met along the way. A man of the world."
Coppola, who has been making films about women since her directorial debut The Virgin Suicides in 1999, admits she is "so glad that there are more and more stories from a women's point of view".
"When I was starting, it was really hard to get that made and now it's become more of a norm," she said. "So those are the stories that interest me from my point of view and I think the more and more different points of view that we see, the better. So, hopefully, it's opening up to all kinds of voices."
On The Rocks is available now on Apple TV+.
