Basic Info / 基本情報
| English | 日本語 |
|---|---|
| Director | Noah Baumbach / ノア・バームバック |
| Year | 2012 |
| Running Time | 86 min (1h 26m) |
| Genre | Comedy-Drama, Independent Film / コメディドラマ、インディペンデント映画 |
| Production | Pine District Pictures, RT Features |
| Box Office | $8.2 million (Worldwide) |
Synopsis / あらすじ
[English] Frances Halladay is 27, broke, and stuck in limbo. As an apprentice for a modern dance company in New York, she is neither a professional nor a true amateur. When her best friend and soulmate, Sophie, moves out to live with her fiancé, Frances’s carefully constructed world begins to unravel. Without a permanent home or a steady paycheck, she navigates the city with a messy, impulsive optimism, desperately clinging to her dreams while her reality slips through her fingers.
[日本語] フランシス・ハラデイ、27歳。ニューヨークのモダン・ダンスカンパニーで「見習い」として踊る彼女は、プロでもアマチュアでもない中途半端な場所に立ち往生しています。貯金もなく、恋人もいない。挙句の果てに、一生一緒に暮らすと信じていた親友ソフィーが婚約者との同居のために部屋を出ていくことに。拠り所を失ったフランシスは、理想と現実のギャップに戸惑いながらも、衝動的な楽観主義を武器に、不器用すぎるほどまっすぐにニューヨークの街へと踏み出していきます。
Cast & Crew / スタッフ・出演
| Role | English | 日本語 |
|---|---|---|
| Director / 監督 | Noah Baumbach | ノア・バームバック |
| Screenplay / 脚本 | Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig | ノア・バームバック、グレタ・ガーウィグ |
| Producer / プロデューサー | Noah Baumbach, Scott Rudin, Lila Yacoub, Rodrigo Teixeira | ノア・バームバック、スコット・ルーディン、ライラ・ヤコブ、ロドリゴ・テイシェイラ |
| Cinematography / 撮影 | Sam Levy | サム・レヴィ |
| Editing / 編集 | Jennifer Lame | ジェニファー・レイム |
| Music / 音楽 | Dean Wareham, Britta Phillips | ディーン・ウェアハム、ブリッタ・フィリップス |
| Production Design | Sam Lisenco | サム・リセンコ |
| Costume Design | Malgosia Turzanska | マルゴシア・トゥルザンスカ |
| Distribution / 配給 | IFC Films (US), ショウゲート (Japan) | IFC Films（米国）、ショウゲート（日本） |
| Production / 制作 | Pine District Pictures, RT Features | パイン・ディストリクト・ピクチャーズ、RTフィーチャーズ |
| Cast / 出演 | Greta Gerwig (Frances Halladay) | グレタ・ガーウィグ（フランシス・ハラデイ） |
| Mickey Sumner (Sophie Levee) | ミッキー・サムナー（ソフィー・リーヴィー） | |
| Michael Zegen (Benji) | マイケル・ゼゲン（ベンジ） | |
| Adam Driver (Lev Shapiro) | アダム・ドライバー（レヴ・シャピロ） | |
| Michael Esper (Dan) | マイケル・エスパー（ダン） | |
| Patrick Heusinger (Patch) | パトリック・ヒュージンガー（パッチ） | |
| Grace Gummer (Rachel) | グレース・ガマー（レイチェル） | |
| Josh Hamilton (Colleen’s Boyfriend) | ジョシュ・ハミルトン（コリーンのボーイフレンド） |
Additional Information / 追加情報
Awards / 受賞歴
- 86th Academy Awards (2014) – No nominations:
- Considered a major Oscar snub (especially for Greta Gerwig – Best Actress, Noah Baumbach – Best Original Screenplay)
- 71st Golden Globe Awards (2014) – 1 nomination:
- Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy – nomination (Greta Gerwig)
- Independent Spirit Awards (2014) – 1 nomination:
- Best Female Lead – nomination (Greta Gerwig)
- Gotham Awards (2013) – 2 nominations:
- Best Film – nomination
- Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award – nomination (Noah Baumbach)
- Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (2013) – 1 win:
- Best Actress – WON (Greta Gerwig)
- San Francisco Film Critics Circle (2013) – 1 win:
- Best Actress – WON (Greta Gerwig)
- Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (2013) – 1 win:
- Best Actress – WON (Greta Gerwig)
- National Society of Film Critics (2014) – 1 win:
- Best Actress – WON (Greta Gerwig)
- Critics’ Choice Movie Awards (2014) – 1 nomination:
- Best Actress in a Comedy – nomination (Greta Gerwig)
- Satellite Awards (2013) – 2 nominations:
- Best Actress – Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical – nomination (Greta Gerwig)
- Best Original Screenplay – nomination (Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig)
Critical Reception / 批評的評価
- Rotten Tomatoes: 93% (Critics), 83% (Audience)
- Metacritic: 83/100 (Universal Acclaim)
- IMDb: 7.4/10
- Eiga.com (映画.com): 3.6/5
- Widely praised as defining millennial film
- Greta Gerwig’s performance universally acclaimed as star-making
- Black-and-white cinematography celebrated as homage to French New Wave (Truffaut, Godard)
- Comparison to Woody Allen’s Manhattan, François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows
- Script praised for naturalistic dialogue, co-written by Baumbach and Gerwig
- Some criticized as “too niche,” “too white,” “too privileged”
- Roger Ebert successor Christy Lemire: ★★★★ “A joy”
- The New York Times: “Enchantingly light on its feet”
- The Guardian: ★★★★ “A bittersweet joy”
- Variety: “A lovely, richly humane comic drama”
- Major Oscar snub for Gerwig (Best Actress) widely discussed
Box Office Performance / 興行成績
- Worldwide Total: $8.2 million
- Domestic (US): $4.07 million
- International: $4.13 million
- Production Budget: $3 million (estimated)
- Return on Investment: 2.73x
- Opening Weekend (Limited Release):
- Released May 17, 2013 in 5 theaters (New York, Los Angeles)
- $137,398 opening weekend
- $27,480 per-theater average (impressive for limited release)
- Expansion:
- Expanded to 38 theaters (Week 2)
- Expanded to 179 theaters at peak
- Never played in more than 200 theaters
- Classic “platform release” strategy
- Longevity:
- Theatrical run: 17 weeks
- Strong word-of-mouth sustained limited run
- Played in art-house cinemas, college towns
- Performance Analysis:
- Extremely profitable given $3M budget
- IFC Films’ highest-grossing 2013 release
- Target audience: urban millennials, cinephiles, independent film fans
- Limited release prevented blockbuster numbers
- Success measured by critical acclaim, not box office
- International Performance:
- France: $1.2 million (strong due to New Wave homage)
- UK: $850,000
- Australia: $450,000
- Japan: Limited release (ショウゲート distribution)
- Germany, Italy, Spain: Art-house circuits
- Cultural Impact Beyond Box Office:
- Became millennial cult classic
- “Undateable” label embraced by generation
- Black-and-white aesthetic influenced indie filmmakers
- Launched Greta Gerwig as A-list director (Lady Bird, Little Women, Barbie)
- Noah Baumbach-Greta Gerwig collaboration became legendary
- Inspired fashion trends (Frances’s tomboy-chic style)
- Criterion Collection release (2019) cemented legacy
- Home Media:
- DVD/Blu-ray released October 29, 2013
- Strong sales in college towns, urban markets
- Netflix streaming (2014-2019) introduced to wider audience
- Criterion Collection edition (2019) – prestige release
- Streaming Era Success:
- Found massive second life on Netflix
- Became “comfort watch” for millennials/Gen Z
- Featured on “Best of” lists (Netflix, Criterion Channel, Mubi)
- Social media rediscovery (TikTok, Twitter threads)
- Comparative Box Office:
- Outperformed Baumbach’s previous Greenberg ($6.3M, 2010)
- Lower than Baumbach’s later The Meyerowitz Stories (Netflix, no theatrical)
- Comparable to mumblecore contemporaries (Drinking Buddies, Obvious Child)
- Awards Season Boost:
- Golden Globe nomination (January 2014) provided small bump
- Oscar snub paradoxically increased cult status
- “Should’ve been nominated” narrative drove interest
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