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Sundance Film Festival 2007 - Nominated - Grand Jury Prize

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Director:
Zoe R. Cassavetes
PG13, 93 Minutes
 

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Film Synopsis

In a startling mature and nuanced performance, Parker Posey plays Nora Wilder, a thirty-something Manhattanite who is cynical about love and relationships, in this astute collaboration with first-time writer/director Zoe Cassavetes.

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"See this film by the daughter of indie pioneer John Cassavetes for Posey’s fine performance as an unlucky-in-love career gal, as well as for smart supporting work by The Sopranos’ Drea De Matteo, fedora-clad Frenchman Melvil Poupaud, and the incomparable Gena Rowlands. Plus, Justin Theroux’s turn as a narcissistic actor nearly steals the show."

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Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some sexual content, brief drug use and language.

Runtime:
93 min.

Genres:
Comedy
Drama
Romance

Country:
UNITED STATES

Language:
English/American

Color:
Color

Certification:
PG13

Plot Summary

Nora plugs away at her job in a posh downtown hotel and can't help but wonder what it is she has to do to find a relationship as ideal as her friend Audrey's (Drea De Matteo) "perfect marriage." It doesn’t help that her overbearing mother (Gena Rowlands) takes every opportunity to remind Nora that she's still unattached. After a series of disastrous first dates, she meets Julien (Melvil Poupaud), a seemingly devil-may-care Frenchman with a passion for living. Expecting another disastrous ending, Nora tries to avoid making the same mistakes. She finds herself in Paris looking to break old patterns. Inevitably, Nora has to look inward before she can find a new outlook on life and most importantly, love.

 

 

 

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