Synopsis
Frances Ha follows Frances, a 27-year-old aspiring dancer living in New York City, as she struggles to find her footing after her best friend and roommate Sophie moves out. Shot in black and white with a vibrant, freewheeling energy, the film captures the messy beauty of navigating your late twenties with more dreams than direction. Greta Gerwig delivers a deeply relatable and luminous performance that made Frances an icon of millennial uncertainty and hope.
Did You Know?
- Shot in black and white, inspired by French New Wave cinema.
- Greta Gerwig co-wrote the script with director Noah Baumbach.
- Filmed on a very low budget over scattered weekends.
- Greta Gerwig's character Frances is 27 and a dancer.
- The film was partly inspired by Gerwig's real life experiences.
Iconic Quotes
- It's that thing when you're with someone and you love them and they know it and they love you and you know it but it's a party and you're both talking to other people and you can't hear what they're saying but you can see them across the room.
- I'm so embarrassed. I'm not a real person yet.
- Don't treat me like a three-hour brunch friend.
- We're the same person with different hair.
- I like things that look like mistakes.
