The New Romantic
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Canada, 2018 (fiction, 82 minutes, colour, English)
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Also known as
"El nuevo amor", "La romantique désespérée"
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| Image: © Elevation Pictures |
Film Description:
"College senior Blake Conway (Jessica Barden) has romantic hopes for her career in journalism as well as her love life. In denial about graduation and disillusioned over the choice of guys her own age, she plans to become a sugar baby, document the experience and win a journalism prize. Taking a moralistic standpoint, the process becomes a greater study of human nature, love and society as a whole for Blake who stumbles on some home truths too."
-- Calgary International Film Festival
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| Film Credits (partial): |
| Written by: |
Carly Stone |
| Produced by: |
Kyle Mann, Michael Risley, Jason Jallet, Jonathan Bronfman, Rob Connolly |
| Principal Cast: |
Jessica Barden, Hayley Law, Brett Dier, Timm Sharp, Avan Jogia |
| Cinematography: |
Mike McLaughlin |
| Film Editing: |
Christine Armstrong |
| Music: |
Matthew O'Halloran |
| Production Company: |
Independent Edge, JoBro, Nortario |
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Quote by the Director
"I remember pulling up to a location in my car and someone saying, 'No, you can't come in, we're shooting here.' I was like, 'No, I can come in.' Everyone brought their A-game to the film [The New Romantic] and kept elevating it, but obviously it was hard. I think the trick to directing is never letting anyone know you don't know what you're doing."
-- Carly Stone
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Quotes about The New Romantic [in French]
"Même si on pardonne sa façon «journal intime» de dépeindre le journalisme, la comédie dramatique [The New Romantic] présente un personnage féminin qui aurait pu être cent fois plus complexe, moderne et lucide. On a néanmoins apprécié l'univers «jeune adulte» réaliste du film, notamment les soirées de bières et d'égoportraits au son de tubes de Petit Biscuit, Operators et Lowell."
-- Émilie Côté
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"Intéressante, la prémisse n'est pas tant approfondie qu'utilisée comme levier dramatique d'un récit amoureux prévisible, avec archétypes du genre déployés de manière classique : le chevalier servant qui se révèle un triste sire, le garçon détesté qui s'avère — ô surprise — charmant, et l'héroïne qui pense désirer l'un mais veut l'autre (une référence à Jane Austen ne suffit pas à rendre la trame postmoderne). Le scénario est cependant fertile en réparties savoureuses, auxquelles la talentueuse distribution fait honneur."
-- François Lévesque
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Bibliography for The New Romantic
Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites
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Côté, Émilie. "The New Romantic : qu'en retenir?" Review of The New Romantic. La Presse, October 19, 2018.
[in French]
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Levack, Chandler. "How first-time Canadian filmmaker Carly Stone's rom-com became the toast of SXSW." Globe and Mail, April 2, 2018.
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Lévesque, François. "The New Romantic (V.O.)." Review of The New Romantic. Le Devoir, October 20, 2018.
[in French]
Web Sites about The New Romantic
