Rating: NR
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 01/30/2009(USA
Release Date: 10/27/2009
SubTitles: Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 88 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Mpi Home Video
Fate (and alcohol) brings two people together in this independent
romantic comedy-
drama.
Joanne (
Tracey Heggins) and
Micah (
Wyatt Cenac) wake up together one morning after a drunken one-night stand, the result of attending a late-night party at the home of a mutual friend. It becomes clear they don't know each other very well and after sharing breakfast,
Joanne isn't interested in getting to know
Micah any better. However, when
Micah discovers that
Joanne has misplaced her wallet, he stops by her apartment to return it, and they end up spending the day together.
Joanne and
Micah don't appear to have much in common; she's well-to-do and lives in San Francisco's pricey Marina District, while he has a flat in the rough-and-tumble Tenderloin and works with a group of activists struggling to make housing affordable in the city by the bay. As the day wears on,
Joanne and
Micah become increasingly aware of a genuine mutual attraction, but they also realize just how different they really are. The first feature film from writer and director
Barry Jenkins,
Medicine for Melancholy received its premiere at the
2008 San Francisco International Film Festival.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
;)
