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Schedule Change for New York, I Love You

19 Feb, 2010

Please Give now showing in place of New York, I Love You

Described by Hollywood Reporter as ‘perhaps the ultimate New York movie’, Nicole Holofcener’s new film Please Give will screen in place of New York, I Love You in Cineworld 17 at 8.45pm on Sunday 21st.

All tickets for New York, I Love You will be honoured at the screening of Please Give alternatively please call the Festival Ticketing Office on 01 687 7974 for a full refund or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Please Give
Kate (Catherine Keener) and Alex (Oliver Platt), a married couple who run a successful business reselling estate-sale furniture, live in Manhattan with their teenage daughter, Abby. Wanting to expand their two-bedroom apartment, they buy the unit next door, planning to knock the walls out. However, before doing so, they have to wait for the occupant, Andra, a cranky elderly woman, to die. The wait becomes complicated when the family develops relationships with Andra and her two grown granddaughters.

Nicole Holofcener infuses her story of love, death, and liberal guilt with a rare balance of humor and complexity that stems from her uncanny ability to understand people—their motivations, interactions, and contradictions. Her characters go to great pains to navigate a world of moral confusion; we want to feel good about ourselves, but we never feel quite good enough. In avoiding judgment, she offers a funny and philosophical reflection on the give and take of modern life.

 

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