#2: ##4: Frances Ha

I could personally relate to this story because the protagonist is just as crazy as I am, in a way. It's how a not-so-gifted dancer makes a series of bad decisions and then find a way to redeem herself but not leave dancing. I could feel the character, it's so real - the way she embarrasses herself, opens up to people and genuinely loves people she loves. She might not be my role model but has definitely something to teach me with her child like innocence and her natural optimism.



Plot:
It's genre is comedy but I don't know how. I found this more like drama but that could be just me. It's about how Frances is looking for a place to stay and experiences living with different people. She moves out of her first apartment she shares with her best friend as the best friend is moving in with her boyfriend. Then she lives with two guys, one of whom loves her truly and they act like old married couples as Frances says "We talk and we don't have sex." But because the rent is too high for her to pay and she loses an important employment opportunity at a dance company, she decides to move into another apartment with a girl who is very different from her. She moves out from there too eventually. While she is still broke, she makes a trip to Paris and turns down a decent day job only because its not about dance. She goes back to her college to find employment where she lives in a small room and works as a waiter as she is not allowed to work as a teaching assistant for dance classes. With an interesting incident, she decides to move back to NY city and take up the day job she had turned down, manages to teach dance to a few children and organize her dance show successfully and finally moves into a small apartment she rents for herself.

Here are some images that stuck with me after the movie.

I won't do the character portrayal for Frances. I urge you to experience it!