2012 · comedy · drama · romance
Damsels in Distress
Directed by Whit Stillman1h 39m2012
A trio of beautiful girls set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university: the dynamic leader Violet Wister, principled Rose and sexy Heather. They welcome transfer student Lily into their group which seeks to help severely depressed students with a program of good hygiene and musical dance numbers.
Our read: Damsels in Distress (2012) reads as a cosy, steady, inventive comedy · drama · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Cosy, steady, gentle comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- gentle
- intimate
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