This is one of our absolute favourite films this year. Frances Ha is the latest from Noah Baumbach (who we interviewed in issue 64, so it’s out to read now), and it’s his most generous and ambitious film to date. Something is different in Baumbach’s work this time, and it could be that the star of the film, Greta Gerwig, is also his writing partner and girlfriend. Hubba hubba.
The protagonist, Frances, is an aspiring dancer living in Brooklyn with her inseparable best friend Sophie (played by Mickey Sumner, the daughter of Sting). When Sophie gets serious with her boyfriend and moves out, Frances is left to find a place of her own and struggles to adjust to maturity outside the consuming friendship she’s always known. Shot in monumental black and white and scored by French New Wave composer Georges Delerue, it’s a celluloid fist-bump to the city of New York, the idea of best friends and the inner child that refuses to die.
http://www.yenmag.net/win/win-tickets-to-frances-ha/TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Competition is open to Australian residents only. Starts 6 August, 2013 and ends 13 August, 2013. This is a game of skill and entrants must complete this sentence in 25 words or less: “What does your inner child make you do sometimes?” The most creative answers will win. 15 winners will receive a double pass to see Frances Ha. Total prize pool value $570. Entries will be judged on 14 August, 2013 at nextmedia Level 6, 207 Pacific Hwy, St Leonards NSW 2065. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. All email addresses collected in the entry form will be added to the Yen Newsletter database. You may unsubscribe from this free service at any time. Winners will be announced in the ‘Winners’ section of the Yen website and prizes will be sent to the postal address provided on the entry form or contacted via email about collection.
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