Marking his first film in nearly fifteen years, director Whit Stillman (The Last Days of Disco, Barcelona, Metropolitan) returns with Damsels in Distress. Having missed it at Toronto International Film Festival, I’m highly anticipating this one following the debut trailer tonight. I adore his relax tone and witty observations and it looks like his latest continues the trend. It is wonderful see female-centered “romantic comedies” (although this likely hardly fits in that genre) that don’t have the trappings of a Katherine Heigl or Sarah Jessica Parker disaster.
Greta Gerwig leads the film, but you’ll recognize Analeigh Tipton from Crazy, Stupid, Love. last summer as well as Aubrey Plaza. Check out the trailer (via Yahoo) below for the film also starring Megalyn Echikunwoke, Carrie MacLemore, Hugo Becker, Ryan Metcalf, Billy Magnussen and Adam Brody.
Synopsis:
Damsels in Distress is a comedy about a trio of beautiful girls as they set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university – the dynamic leader Violet Wister (Greta Gerwig), principled Rose (Megalyn Echikunwoke) and sexy Heather (Carrie MacLemore). They welcome transfer student Lily (Analeigh Tipton) into their group, which seeks to help severely depressed students with a program of good hygiene and musical dance numbers. The girls become romantically entangled with a series of men – including smooth Charlie (Adam Brody), dreamboat Xavier (Hugo Becker), the mad frat-pack of Frank (Ryan Metcalf) and Thor (Billy Magnussen) – who threaten the girls’ friendship and sanity.
Damsels in Distress hits theaters April 6th.