Directed by:
Amos KollekCinematography:
Ken KelschCast:
Audrey Tautou, Justin Theroux, Jennifer Tilly, Jim Parsons, Bill Sorice, Juan Carlos Hernández, Brianne Berkson, Laila Robins, Catherine Curtin (more)Plots(1)
Val (Audrey Tautou) is a penniless young French would-be actress, an irrepressible live wire adrift on the streets of Greenwich Village. She sleeps rough, outside a townhouse owned by Jack. A one-time Oscar-winning scriptwriter, Jack's muse - like his wife Beatrix - has deserted him. Impotent, blocked, Jack too is adrift. After a confrontation with Jack, Val faints from exhaustion, and he takes her in. When she wakes, they trade insults. As she storms out, it hits Jack: he's in love. Inspired, he starts writing again, a new script based on this enchanting French vagabond.Val moves in with Edna, a crazy, poetry-scribbling waitress who determines to manage her road to success. At a meeting with his long-suffering agent Irene and an eager studio executive, Jack holds off on signing a 7-figure deal. Irene drops him. In a coffee shop, Val argues furiously with Edna. She's sick of everything - poverty, hunger, endless auditions that come to nothing, and especially Edna and her lunatic schemes. Irene witnesses this very public argument. Bowled over by Val's naked emotive power, she gives her a copy of Jack's script... A year passes. Bitter and alone, Jack watches the Oscars on TV. (Wild Bunch Distribution)
(more)Cast
Audrey Tautou
France
Best movies:
Amélie (2001)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Nina and Hedgehog's Secret (2023)
Justin Theroux
USA
Best movies:
Mulholland Dr. (1999) (TV movie)
John Adams (2008) (series)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Jennifer Tilly
USA
Best movies:
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
The Doors (1991)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Jim Parsons
USA
Best movies:
Hidden Figures (2016)
Garden State (2004)
The Normal Heart (2014) (TV movie)
Bill Sorice
USA
Best movies:
Brutal Massacre: A Comedy (2007)
The Girl in the Park (2007)
Turn the River (2007)
Juan Carlos Hernández
Best movies:
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
In America (2002)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Brianne Berkson
USA
Best movies:
Dare (2009)
See You in September (2010)
Nowhere to Go But Up (2003)
Laila Robins
USA
Best movies:
Side Effects (2013)
Eye in the Sky (2015)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Catherine Curtin
USA
Best movies:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Frank Pellegrino
USA
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Gotti (1996) (TV movie)
Tom Parker
USA
Best movies:
McBride: Requiem (2008) (TV movie)
Desperation (2006) (TV movie)
Greener Mountains (2005)
Bruce MacVittie
USA
Best movies:
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
The Doors (1991)
When They See Us (2019) (series)
Matthew Lawler
Best movies:
God's Pocket (2014)
Knight and Day (2010)
Chappaquiddick (2017)
Michael Kaycheck
USA
Best movies:
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
God's Pocket (2014)
Party Monster (2003)
Daniel Oreskes
Best movies:
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Day Zero (2007)
Andrew Benator
Best movies:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
The Founder (2016)
Million Dollar Arm (2014)