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Frances Ha (2013)

★ 7.3 · 1,810 ratings on TMDB

I'm not messy, I'm busy.

Frances Ha poster★ 7.3

An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.

DirectorNoah Baumbach
CastAdam Driver, Charlotte d'Amboise, Grace Gummer, Greta Gerwig, Josh Hamilton, Maya Kazan
GenresComedy, Drama
The emergence reading

Frances Ha keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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