An urban fairy tale-romantic comedy, in which Nola, an aspiring songwriter, leaves an abusive Kansas home and journeys to New York to find her biological father. Once there, she finds more than she expected.
Acting
Rossum's raw charisma carries every scene she's in.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like humans talking.
Director
Alan Hruska
Emmy Rossum
Nola
Steven Bauer
Leo
James Badge Dale
Ben
Mary McDonnell
Margaret Langworthy
Thom Christopher
Niles
Sam Coppola
Gus
Adam LeFevre
Sam
Michael Cavadias
Wendy
Damian Young
Maitre D'
Bernie McInerney
Professor Cummings
Larry Pine
Max
Michael Medeiros
Mike Flanders
James Ransone
Neo-Gothboy
Janis Dardaris
Nola´s Mother
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Emmy Rossum's first leading film role at age 16, filmed between Phantom of the Opera rehearsals.
Director Alan Hruska, a former trial lawyer, self-financed this as a passion project—explaining its stubborn indie spirit against studio rom-com conventions of the era.
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