My Salinger Year (2020)

Directed by

Philippe Falardeau

Genre

drama film

Country

Ireland, Canada

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 201 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman moves to New York in the 1990s to work as an assistant at a literary agency that represents the reclusive author J.D. Salinger. She navigates the challenges of the city, her job, and her own writing ambitions.

contemplativegentlenostalgicunderstatedbittersweetintimateslow-pacedwarmreflective

What happens

My Salinger Year (also known as My New York Year) is a 2020 drama film written and directed by Philippe Falardeau, based upon the memoir of the same name by Joanna Rakoff. It stars Margaret Qualley, Sigourney Weaver, Douglas Booth, Seána Kerslake, Colm Feore and Brían F. O'Byrne. The film had its world premiere at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival on February 20, 2020. It was released in Canada and the United States on March 5, 2021, by Mongrel Media and IFC Films, respectively, and in Ireland on May 21, 2021, by Vertigo Releasing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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