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Do I Love You? |
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7:30 pm
Regal South Beach
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Directed by Lisa Gornick |
Direct from London comes the wittiest urban romantic comedy about existential angst since the early films of Woody Allen. Director Lisa Gornick has reinvented the "over-thinking hero" for the 21st century: a wide-eyed and charismatic struggling lesbian writer named Marina. According to Marina's loopy logic, the trouble starts when her gorgeous girlfriend Romy brings home a used white leather sofa. Somehow, the sofa is unbearably sad and wrong. Then, a straight girl journalist swoops onto the London dyke scene and writes an article that exploits and deconstructs lesbianism with maddening smugness. Marina spirals into self-doubt, questioning her sexuality and, by whimsical extension, her gender, too. In two hysterical scenes worth the price of admission alone, she regales her straight-laced dad and her gay ex-boyfriend with graphic fantasies of possessing a phallus. Meanwhile, a brilliantly-acted ensemble of friends and ex-girlfriends stumble through crises of their own. Throughout it all, Marina dreams of kids with Romy, seeks guidance from her blasé mom, flirts with a lecherous shrink named Maxine, and careens around London on her bike, wondering when it will all make sense. Her narration is a refreshing blend of awkward musing and well-worded observation, and that combination of spontaneity and polish enrich all of the film's performances. Though made on a microscopic budget, Gornick's production is confident and crisp, with nuances of humor and humanity rarely glimpsed by Hollywood. Do I Love You is a tender delight.
Director Lisa Gornick will attend the screening and discuss her work with the audience.
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