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PLEASE GIVE

By | April 2010

2010 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! If you’ve seen Holofcener’s other work, this plot should sound vaguely familiar. She deals with a lot of the same themes here that she focuses on in her other work. But there’s nothing wrong with a little repetition when it’s done as well as it is here…

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PLEASE GIVE

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