Join us for a screening followed by a Q&A with Noël Wells who wrote, directed, and starred in this film.
Moderated by Bruce Fretts, Senior Articles Editor, Closer Weekly.
SYNOPSIS
In her feature directorial debut, Noël Wells portrays Emily, a talented but hard-to-classify comedic performer who left behind her home and boyfriend to pursue career opportunities in L.A. When a loved one falls ill, Emily rushes back to Austin where she’s forced to stay with her ex-boyfriend (Nick Thune) and his new-and-improved girlfriend (Britt Lower), a totally together woman with a five-year plan. Though Emily is the same, everything else is different: her house has been smartly redecorated, her rocker boyfriend is training to be a real estate agent, and her old haunts show serious signs of gentrification. Holed up in her own guest room, Emily--who has no idea what she'll be doing five days from now, let alone five years-- is forced to question everyone's values: are they sell-outs or have they just figured out what makes them happy? And is she following her dreams or is she just a self-absorbed loser?
PANELIST
Noël Wells is an actor, writer, and director based in LA. In film, she recently finished her directorial debut Mr. Roosevelt, which premiered at SXSW, winning both the Audience Award and the Lone Star Award, as well as Best US Fiction Film at the Traverse City Film Festival. Beachside Films produced, Noël wrote the script and also stars. She recently co-starred in the Netflix comedy Happy Anniversary opposite Ben Schwartz. Noël is also featured in Jim Strouse’s movie The Incredible Jessica James opposite Jessica Williams, Chris O'Dowd and Keith Stanfield which premiered at Sundance and will be distributed by Netflix. In TV, Noël can be seen starring opposite Aziz Ansari in the Emmy Nominated Netflix series Master of None. Noël was a featured player on Saturday Night Live, where she broke out with her spot-on celebrity impressions including Lena Dunham and Emma Stone.
