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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #65. Julie Delpy’s 2 Days in New York

The notion of sequels are made more magical whenever Julie Delpy is involved. Her writing and character development in Linklater’s Before Sunrise/Sunset makes us especially hopeful for her 2 Days transatlantic gigs. We expect nutty cast of characters and a nuttier premise this time out.

Eric Lavallée

Published on January 5, 2012

#65. 2 Days in New York

Director/Writer: Julie Delpy
Producers: Scott Franklin, Ulf Israel, Christophe Mazodier, Jean-Jacques Neira, Hubert Toint
Distributor: Rights Available

The Gist: This centers again Marion (Delpy), who has broken up with Jack and now lives in New York with their children. Her Parisian family come to visit her, but the cultural differences between her eccentric father and new American boyfriend will turn out to be explosive. Meanwhile, her sister has had the “good” idea of bringing an ex-boyfriend from Paris and there is the pressure of an upcoming photography exhibition…(more)

Cast: Julie Delpy, Chris Rock and Dylan Baker

List Worthy Reasons…: The notion of sequels are made more magical whenever Julie Delpy is involved. Her writing and character development in Linklater’s Before Sunrise/Sunset makes us especially hopeful for her 2 Days transatlantic gigs. We expect nutty cast of characters and a nuttier premise this time out.

Release Date/Status?: Sundance Film Festival premiere should be followed by a rights pick up and a showing before the fall season hits.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).