Frances Ha Page #6

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
5,207 Views


Can you leave that rent check?

Oh, yeah, yeah.

I'll just put it on your desk.

- 950, right?

- Nope, 1,200.

[Frances]

I don't, um -

When I moved in,

we said 950.

Nope. The whole space is 4,000,

but the little room's only 1,200.

No, she's right. We said we could pay

that much until she got more cash.

Remember? Because when I do

the Christmas show...

- I'll make more because I'll be doing

ten shows a week. - Oh, right.

So we're good with 950'?

That's okay? I'm really sorry.

No prob.

Catch you on the flip side.

[Sighs]

He leaves so easily.

Well, transportation's his thing.

Bike, skateboard.

He has a car too.

I can't even get

out of the house on my feet.

You know what Virginia Woolf book

this reminds me of?

Frances:
undateable.

Want to watch a mo vie?

- Now?

- Yeah. Let's do a movie afternoon.

I already wasted the whole day.

I already feel bad.

I think it's a great day.

I ate an egg bagel

that Lev's slut made me.

I Internet-acquired three pairs

of very rare Ray-Bans.

I'm doing awesome.

I thought we were both broke.

I caved and finally took

a loan from my stepdad.

Bastard.

I need a f***ing job, though.

- What about SNL?

- Yeah, maybe.

It's gone so downhill.

Till then, it's after 3:00.

I can drink.

Let's do something fun.

- We could go to a movie.

- Movies are so expensive now.

Yeah, but you're at the movies.

I should be saving

so I can pay full rent.

Well, I'm not gonna force you.

I have to work out, at least.

I cannot get fat.

Do I look old to you?

No. Yes.

- How old?

- Older than I am?

- Older than 27?

- No.

Twenty-seven is old, though.

[Mo vie Playing On TV]

[Frances]

Isn't this place amazing?

- Is that an Eames chair?

- Yeah.

- Isn't this great?

- Total rich-kid apartment.

The boys just have good eyes.

They find stuff all the time.

Do you know who

Lev Shapiro's dad is?

He doesn't get along with his dad.

Lev and Benji are artists.

Exactly. The only people who can afford

to be artists in New York are rich.

I'm an artist.

I'm not rich.

You are rare.

We need whiskeys.

It's just, this apartment

is very... aware of itself.

Everyone who comes here loves it.

I love it.

The three of us

are hilarious together.

We're like a sitcom:

My Two Husbands.

Oh, that's great.

I'm really happy for you, Frances.

Thank you, Sophie.

Ladies.

Lev Shapiro, you know Sophie?

Of course.

Still beautiful.

- How is the publishing business?

- You know, not good.

How's sculpture?

Amazing-ng-ng.

Oh. My boyfriend likes

that artist you work for.

- Tell your boyfriend he can talk to me

if he wants to buy something. - I will.

Are we buying art now?

Is that the point we're at?

- I need to get clean. Ladies.

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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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