Frances Ha Page #2

Synopsis: Frances 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 has a best friend named Sophie, but they aren't really speaking anymore. 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.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Noah Baumbach
Production: IFC Films
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 47 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
R
Year:
2012
86 min
£3,900,000
Website
5,203 Views


You'll be this awesomely

bitchy publishing mogul.

And you'll be this famous

modern dancer...

and I'll publish

a really expensive book about you.

That d-bags we make fun of

will put on their coffee tables.

- And we'll co-own a vacation apartment

in Paris. - And we'll have lovers.

- [Sophie] And no children.

- And we'll speak at college graduations.

- And honorary degrees.

- So many honorary degrees.

- [Woman] Colleen?

- Yeah.

What time's rehearsal?

It's 4:
00. Don't forget

to bring your shoes.

- Hey.

- Jesus!

Sorry. I'm here.

I don't have time to talk.

I'm doing the job of three people.

But I can see you

after rehearsal.

I read that article in the Times.

You must be so happy.

Yeah, thanks. I forget

I make my own work sometimes.

Bu! thanks.

- I usually hate that woman's writing.

- Right. Thank you, Frances.

Actually, I had a couple of questions.

I'm trying to be proactive about my life.

Ah. Well, I might have some

studio space available...

if you want to play

with some choreography.

Uh, no, I was wondering

if there were...

any more classes

at the school I could teach.

I'm a little -

I'm kind of broke.

I'll check,

but I'm all full up, I think.

I thought so. I'm just proud

of myself for asking.

I'll probably be able

to use you and some of...

...the other apprentices

for the Christmas show.

- I mean, that's something.

- That's great.

I just wanted to say

I really look up to you...

and I just -

I think you're great.

[Chuckles]

A beat-up old dancer doing paperwork?

[Exhales]

I really need to do

all this paperwork now.

I'm running rehearsal today,

so I'll see you there.

- Bye.

- Bye.

And then he was like,

"Rachel, you are cold and mean. "

And I was like, "F***...

that really hurt my feelings. "

[Chattering, indistinct]

[Colleen]

And up over the head.

Boom. Perfect.

Over and... shoulder:

[Man Snapping Fingers In Time]

Boom, boom, boom. That was great.

[Colleen] Face each other.

Look at each other.

Wrap the head around.

That's nice. That's nice.

Move it around.

That's good, Rachel.

That's night.

- All night. Understudies, out.

- [Clapping Hands]

Understudies, out. Out.

All right. Good.

Take it from the beginning.

- [Frances] Relev and down.

- [Classical]

Pli and straighten...

and pli and straighten...

and relev and down.

And relev all the way up

and turn...

to the other side...

and all the way down.

And now we have

the other foot in front.

And pli and straighten

and pli -

- Ahoy, sew!

- Ahoy, sexy!

[No Audible Dialogue]

[Brakes Screeching]

- There's no service.

- Sometimes there is for a second.

What is going on

with that phone, lady?

I didn't want to do it without knowing

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Noah Baumbach

Noah Baumbach is an American independent filmmaker. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Squid and the Whale and is known for making dramatic comedies. more…

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