Helena from the Wedding

Director: Joseph Infantolino
Writer: Joseph Infantolino
Cast: Lee Tergesen, Melanie Lynskey, Gillian Jacobs, Dagmara Dominczyk, Paul Fitzgerald, Dominic Fumusa, Jessica Hecht, Corey Stoll
Theatrical Release Date: November 12, 2010 6:11 AM
Criticwire: B
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Synopsis: Newlyweds Alex and Alice Javal host a New Year’s Eve party at a cabin in the mountains for their closest friends and an unexpected guest in this nuanced and often funny portrait of marriage and anxiety in the late blooming professional class. [Synopsis courtesy of SXSW]

News

Film Movement Takes "Helena" Down the Aisle

The North American film distribution company Film Movement has announced that it has acquired Joseph Infantolino's SXSW fav "Helena from the Wedding." The film portrays a New Year's Eve party hosted by two newlyweds for their closest friends, a party that is disrupted when a friend brings a surpris...
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Interviews

"Helena from the Wedding" Director Joseph Infantolino Deals with Marrying Late in Life

This interview was originally published during indieWIRE's coverage of this year's SXSW. "Helena from the Wedding" opens in New York this Friday, November 12. The film marks producer Josh Infantolino's feature directorial debut. He reveals to indieWIRE how his marriage inspired him to write the scri...
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SXSW '10 | "Helena from the Wedding" Director Joseph Infantolino Deals with Marrying Late in Life

In his feature film debut, Joseph Infantolino draws on his own experiences of love and everything that comes along with it. "Helena from the Wedding," an entry in the Narrative Competition, is a film made on Infantolino's own terms. "Having recently experienced a spectacular career failure, the la...
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