MISTRESS AMERICA (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha), Lola Kirke (Gone Girl), Heather Lind (The Last Day of August), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Fairfield), Cindy Cheung (Lady in the Water), Matthew Shear (While We’re Young), Kathryn Erbe (Stir of Echoes), Michael Chernus (Orange is the New Black)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Noah Baumbach (The Squid and The Whale), director, writer, producer; Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha), writer; Rodrigo Teixeira (Night Moves) and Lila Yacoub (While We’re Young), producers; Britta Phillips (Price Check) and Dean Wareham (Just Like the Son), composers; Sam Levy (Wendy and Lucy), cinematographer; Jennifer Lame (First Winter), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Tracy (Kirke), a lonely college freshman in New York, finds comfort and solace in her future step-sister Brooke (Gerwig), an adventurous free-spirit who takes an unsuspecting Tracy on a series of mad schemes that make up her everyday routine…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Noah Baumback and Greta Gerwig first made waves with their collaborative indie hit Frances Ha, and Mistress America sees that quirky dynamic continue in bright fashion with often hilarious results.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 14TH AUGUST 2015

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