Underplayed Gems

Songs She Wrote About People She Knows (2014)

Songs She Wrote About People She Knows poster
Directed by
Kris Elgstrand
Genre
musical film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A shy office worker starts writing sarcastic songs about the people around her after therapy. This gets her fired but inspires her boss to chase his own rock star dream. The two learn they need each other to grow.

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What happens

Songs She Wrote About People She Knows is a Canadian musical comedy film, released in 2014. The solo directorial debut of Kris Elgstrand, the film stars Arabella Bushnell as Carol, a shy, repressed office worker who begins expressing her frustrations with her friends and coworkers in song after being encouraged by a music therapist to open up about her feelings. Her song "Asshole Dave" leads her boss Dave (Brad Dryborough) to fire her, but also reignites his own faded dream of becoming a rock star, setting them both off on a journey of creative discovery in which they may need each other's help more than they expected. Bushnell described the film as a story about people finding themselves and connecting with each other without using sex to do it. The film had its premiere screening on September 8, 2014, at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. The film received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016, in the categories of Best Costume Design (Bushnell), Best Original Score (Chris Gestrin) and Best Original Song (Elgstrand for "Asshole Dave"). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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