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Damsels in Distress is a american film of genre Drama directed by Whit Stillman released in USA on 6 april 2012 with Greta Gerwig
Damsels in Distress (2012)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 6 april 2012
Length 1h39
Directed by Whit Stillman
OriginUSA
Themes Films about suicide
Rating57%
Damsels in Distress (original title: Violet Wister's Damsels in Distress and Whit Stillman's Damsels in Distress) is an American comedy film written and directed by Whit Stillman and starring Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody, and Analeigh Tipton. It is set at a United States East Coast university. First screened at the 68th Venice International Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival, the film opened in New York and Los Angeles on April 6, 2012.
Synopsis
Newly transferred college student Lily becomes friends with Violet, Heather and Rose, a clique who run the campus' suicide prevention centre. Over the course of the film, the four girls date less attractive men in order to help the men's confidence; they try to clean up the "unhygenic" Doar Dorm; they clash with the editor of the campus newspaper The Daily Complainer who wants to close down the "elitist" Roman letters fraternities; and finally they try and start a new dance craze, called The Sambola!Actors
Greta Gerwig
(Violet Wister)
Adam Brody
(Fred Packenstacker / Charlie Walker)
Analeigh Tipton
(Lily)
Megalyn Echikunwoke
(Rose)
Hugo Becker
(Xavier)
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