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Completed - ENGLISH - Comedy, Jewish, Family - 91 minutes

Log Line

When twenty-something, Barb, realizes her life basically sucks... she takes an improv comedy class to express herself. Barb is soon reunited with her childhood BFF, a ballet dancer, Billy, (Jake Wilson) and is inspired to turn her life around by revisiting her first true love, comedy.

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2015 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2015 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Jake WILSON
Writer(s) : Sas GOLDBERG, Jake WILSON
Cast : Jake WILSON, Sas GOLDBERG, Hannibal BURRESS, James WOLK, Katherine WATERSTON

Producer(s) : Jake WILSON, Sas GOLDBERG, David HULL

Synopsis

Twenty-something New Yorker Barb Schwartz (Sas Goldberg) somehow ended up in a life that kinda... sucks. She has a paralegal job she hates, a drab studio apartment on Roosevelt Island, and an overbearing family who never lets her forget she's still single. When she is reunited with her childhood BFF, ballet dancer Billy (Jake Wilson), she is inspired to turn her life around by revisiting her first love: comedy.

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Country(ies) : USA

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