Frances Ha, directed by Noah Baumbach in 2012, tells the story of Frances (Greta Gerwig), a 27-year-old kind of a dancer, living in New York – feeling a little lost in her life and depending on her platonic relationship with Sophie (Mickey Sumner). While spending time with her roommates, including Lev (Adam Driver), seeking a job at her dance school and watching her best friend start her "grown-up life”, Frances ultimately wants to get her shit together.
The film is a perfect picture of what a twenty-something, going on thirty would be struggling with. The fun and light aired feeling, plus beautiful black and white image of New York and Paris are things we love about this movie. Here are some of the best quotes from the film:
Frances: I like things that looks like mistakes.
Frances: I have so much to do. I think I’ll probably read Proust… Because sometimes it’s good to do what you’re supposed to do when you’re supposed
to do it.
Caroline: Proust is pretty heavy.
Frances. Yeah, but it’s worth it, I hear.
Caroline: No, I meant the book. Carrying it on the plane.
Frances: I should probably learn French first… and then read it in French.
Benji: I think it’s a great day… I Internet-acquired three pairs of very rare Ray-Bans. I’m doing awesome.
Frances: Do I look old to you?
Benji: No. Yes.
Frances: How old?
Benji: Older than I am.
Frances: Older than 27?
Benji: No. 27 is old, though.
Andy: So, what do you do?
Frances: It’s kinda hard to explain.
Andy: Because what you do is complicated?
Frances: Because I don’t really do it.
Frances: I’m too tall to marry.
Frances: I’m so embarrassed. I’m not a real person yet.
Frances: It’s that thing when you’re with someone, and you love them and they know it, and they love you and you know it… but it’s a party… and you’re both talking to other people, and you’re laughing and shining… and you look across the room and catch each other’s eyes… but – but not because you’re possessive, or it’s precisely sexual… but because… that is your person in this life. And it’s funny and sad, but only because this life will end, and it’s this secret world that exists right there in public, unnoticed, that no one else knows about. It’s sort of like how they say that other dimensions exist all around us, but we don’t have the ability to perceive them. That’s – That’s what I want out of a relationship.