Frances Ha

Director: Noah Baumbach
Writer: Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
Cast: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner
Theatrical Release Date: May 17, 2013
Distributor: IFC Films

Synopsis: Frances (Greta Gerwig) lives in New York, but she doesn't really have an apartment. Frances is an apprentice for a dance company, but she's not really a dancer. Frances throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possible reality dwindles. Frances wants so much more than she has but lives her life with unaccountable joy and lightness. Frances Ha is a modern fable in which Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, Greenberg) explores New York, friendship, class, ambition, failure, and redemption. [Synopsis courtesy of Toronto International Film Festival]

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