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In Search of a Midnight Kiss (2007)

In Search of a Midnight Kiss poster
Directed by
Alex Holdridge
Genre
romantic comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
MA 15+
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 97 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man in Los Angeles tries to find a date for New Year's Eve. He meets a woman through a classified ad and they spend the day wandering the city and talking.

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What happens

In Search of a Midnight Kiss is a 2007 American independent romantic comedy film written and directed by Alex Holdridge. It was listed on the National Board of Review's Top 10 Independent Films of 2008, won the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award in 2009 as well as having earned awards at festivals around the world. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2007 and since has played at festivals around the world from Mill Valley, Chicago and Los Angeles in the U.S. to Raindance (London), Edinburgh, Sarajevo, Istanbul, Bangkok, Kraków, Thessaloniki and Melbourne outside the States. It has been released in theaters in the UK (Vertigo Films), the U.S. (IFC Films), Spain (Sherlock), Poland (Vivarto) and Greece (Seven Films). It was released in Australia on February 14, 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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