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World Narrative Feature Competition

[EXPLO] | 2009 | 79 min | Feature Narrative

Directed by: Bradley Rust Gray

(The Exploding Girl)
USA

North American Premiere

Interests: Drama,  Friendship,  NY Director,  NYcomp,  New York,  Romance,  Teens

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Cast & Credits

Primary Cast:
Zoe Kazan, Mark Rendall, Maryann Urbano
Director(s):
Bradley Rust Gray
Screenwriter:
Bradley Rust Gray
Producer(s):
Karin Chien, So Yong Kim, Ben Howe
Director of Photography:
Eric Lin

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Synopsis

Cherubic college student Ivy (tenderly played by Zoe Kazan) is back home in Brooklyn for summer break with her longtime platonic guy pal Al (Mark Rendall) in tow. Ivy is a wholesome and balanced college kid who has epilepsy but keeps her condition at bay as long as she manages her emotions. As the hot New York summer melts on, Ivy plays phone tag with her boyfriend Greg, but when they do awkwardly connect, each long pause reveals their growing distance. Meanwhile, she spends more time with Al. As the lines of friendship begin to blur, we wonder how long Ivy (her name itself implying that something is growing) will be able to keep all that is boiling up inside from spilling over.

Writer/director Bradley Rust Gray skillfully composes this delicate and honest portrait of a young woman at a threshold by balancing rich and observational cinematography by Eric Lin with the exquisitely resonant performances of Kazan and Rendall. The Exploding Girl, produced with his partner So Yong Kim (Treeless Mountain), is a nuanced and inspired addition to Gray's flourishing body of work.

--Genna Terranova

+About The Director

Bradley Rust Gray (b. 1971, Kettering, Ohio) works in partnership with his wife So Yong Kim. He produced her films Treeless Mountain and In Between Days. Prior to producing these films, Gray directed the Icelandic feature film Salt. Gray has master's degrees from USC and the British Film Institute and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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