Funny Pages (2022)

Directed by

Owen Kline

Genre

black comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

R

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 84 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 17 year old cartoonist leaves home after his mentor dies. He moves to a basement apartment in Trenton and meets a possibly unstable former cartoonist.

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What happens

Funny Pages is a 2022 American coming-of-age black comedy film written, directed, and edited by Owen Kline and produced by the Safdie brothers. It stars Daniel Zolghadri, Matthew Maher, Miles Emanuel, Maria Dizzia, and Josh Pais. The film was shot on Super 16 mm. It premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and was released in the United States on August 26, 2022, where it received positive reviews from critics. The film was ranked among the Best Films of 2022 by The New York Times, BFI Sight and Sound, and awarded as one of the Top 10 Independent Films of 2022 by the National Board of Review. This was the final film role of Buddy Duress during his lifetime. The film tells the story of a 17-year-old cartoonist Robert, who leaves home after the death of his mentor to forge his own path. He moves to a basement apartment in Trenton, New Jersey, and meets Wallace, a possibly unstable former cartoonist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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