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Damsels in Distress<\/strong>
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Release Date: April 6, 2012 (NY, LA)
\nStudio: Sony Pictures Classics
\nDirector: Whit Stillman
\nScreenwriter: Whit Stillman
\nStarring: Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody, Analeigh Tipton, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Carrie MacLemore, Hugo Becker, Billy Magnussen, Ryan Metcalf, Jermaine Crawford, Aubrey Plaza
\nGenre: Comedy, Drama
\nWebsite: SonyClassics.com <\/a><\/p>\n

Synopsis: The movie revolves around a group of style-obsessed college girls who take in a new student (Gerwig) and teach her their misguided ways of helping people at their grungy university, sort of “Mean Girls” filtered through the lens of the filmmaker behind such urbane indie dramas as “Barcelona,” “Metropolitan” and “Disco.”<\/p>\n

Damsels in Distress is a comedy about a trio of beautiful girls as they set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university \u2013 the dynamic leader Violet Wister (Greta Gerwig), principled Rose (Megalyn Echikunwoke) and sexy Heather (Carrie MacLemore). They welcome transfer student Lily (Analeigh Tipton) into their group, which seeks to help severely depressed students with a program of good hygiene and musical dance numbers. The girls become romantically entangled with a series of men \u2013 including smooth Charlie (Adam Brody), dreamboat Xavier (Hugo Becker), the mad frat-pack of Frank (Ryan Metcalf) and Thor (Billy Magnussen) \u2013 who threaten the girls\u2019 friendship and sanity.<\/p>\n

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