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| USA | 90 MINUTES | English
Drama

Life is good for Kate (Catherine Keener) and Alex (Oliver Platt). After decades of marriage, they have settled into a comfortable rapport, and success in their estate-sale antique furniture business has allowed them to finance an expansion of their Greenwich Village apartment. They purchase the (occupied) unit next door, and begin the wait for its elderly tenant Andra (Ann Guilbert) to pass on so they can proceed with their construction plans. Feeling guilty about their impatience for Andra's death, the family reaches out to her granddaughters Mary and Rebecca (respectively Amanda Peet and Rebecca Hall) for some moral grounding, only to find the new relationships compounding their ethical conundrum rather than alleviating it.

Nicole Holofcener returns to themes of her earlier films Friends with Money and Lovely & Amazing, including midlife crises, insecurity, materialism, accumulation of wealth, and the liberal guilt and moral paralysis that accompany them. Holofcener's singular vision imbues these weighty topics with a distinctive humor that makes room for her insightful social commentary, while the stellar ensemble cast interprets her often symbolic characters with a genuine emotion that brings their dilemmas to life.


Cast & Credits
Directed by
Nicole Holofcener and Nicole Holofcener
Nicole Holofcener made the short films It's Richard I Love and Angry at Columbia University's graduate film program before writing and directing the features Walking and Talking, Lovely & Amazing, and Friends with Money. She has also directed episodes of Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, and Bored To Death.
Screenwriter
Nicole Holofcener
Executive Producer
Caroline Jaczko
Producer
Anthony Bregman
Primary Cast
Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Sarah Steele, Ann Guilbert
Director
Nicole Holofcener
Editor
Robert Frazen
Director of Photography
Yaron Orbach

Contacts
Producer
Anthony Bregman
Likely Story
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 917 484 8931
ab@likely-story.com
Press Contact
Erin Bruce
Falco Ink
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-445-7100
erinbruce@falcoink.com
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