Acquisitions – Indie Films

Dada Films Sees Double with Jenee LaMarque’s The Pretty One

Published on December 10, 2013

It wasn’t the best of years for the ’13 edition of the Tribeca Film Fest, but there were a couple of mention-worthy items on display and one of those was Jenee LaMarque’s comedy-sketcher. Featuring Zoe Kazan (she’ll next be seen in Brin Hill’s In Your Eyes) doing double duty a la split screen with stand-end, Indiewire reports that Dada films have plucked The Pretty One and are setting it up with a February 7th release in New York and Los Angeles.

Gist: This is described as a heartfelt comedy that explores loss and awakening through Kazan’s duel role as identical twins Laurel and Audrey. After the loss of her sister Audrey, Laurel must decide between continuing her life pretending to be Audrey or revealing herself as a fraud to her neighbor and love interest (Jake Johnson).

Worth Noting: LaMarque’s short film, Spoonful (link) was part of the 2012 Film Festival.

Do We Care?: If you’re looking for whimsical quirky comedy or consider yourself a Kazan fan this one might be for you.

Related Topics:Dada films, Jenée LaMarque, The Pretty One, top-stories, U.S. Indie Film, Zoe Kazan

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).