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The Exploding Girl is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 22 april 2009 with Zoe Kazan
The Exploding Girl (2010)
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Add to a movie listThe Exploding Girl is a 2009 American independent film written and directed by Bradley Rust Gray, starring Zoe Kazan as Ivy, an epileptic college student returning home to Brooklyn on break. While visiting her mother and catching up with her childhood friend Al, her boyfriend dumps her via a phone call. Drama ensues.
It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2009 and was released theatrically in the United States on March 12, 2010.
^ Lim, Dennis (April 15, 2009). "Independently Intimate Directors". The New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
Synopsis
Ivy, une jeune étudiante de 20 ans, retourne à New York chez sa mère pour les vacances. Alors qu'elle tente de garder contact avec son petit ami par téléphone, celui-ci se montre de plus en plus distant. Dans le même temps, son meilleur ami Al se retrouve sans domicile pour les vacances et finit par être accueilli par Ivy et sa mère. Les deux jeunes gens passent alors leur temps dans la ville, renforçant ainsi leur amitié. Ivy tente de contrôler toutes ses émotions, alors qu'elle est atteinte d'épilepsie.Actors
Zoe Kazan
(Ivy)
Mark Rendall
(Al)
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