'Rachel' players draw parallels to election

September 03, 2008 Jonathan Demme's family drama "Rachel Getting Married" might not seem like it has political overtones, but Demme and screenwriter Jenny Lumet see some ties to the U.S. presidential election. The film, which premiered on the Lido on Wednesday, centers on Kym (Anne Hathaway), who returns from drug rehab to her troubled family as it prepares for the interracial marriage between Kym's sister Rachel (Rosemary DeWitt) and Sidney (Tunde Adebimpe). Asked for her opinion about whether the struggles of the family in the film could be seen as a metaphor for something larger, Lumet said she agreed with that interpretation.

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