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Damsels in Distress (2011)

Damsels in Distress poster
Directed by
Whit Stillman
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 206 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A trio of eccentric college students at a small East Coast university tries to help their less popular peers. They also involve themselves in the romantic troubles of a new transfer student.

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What happens

Damsels in Distress is a 2011 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Whit Stillman and starring Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody, and Lio Tipton. It is set at a United States East Coast university. First screened at the 68th Venice International Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival, it opened in New York and Los Angeles on April 6, 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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