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Tiny Furniture (2010)

98 min  -  Comedy

	About a recent college grad who returns home while she tries to figure out what to do with her life. Director: Lena Dunham Writer: Lena Dunham Stars: Lena Dunham, Laurie Simmons and Grace Dunham

Cast

Credited cast:
	Lena Dunham	...	Aura
	Laurie Simmons	...	Siri
	Grace Dunham	...	Nadine
	Jemima Kirke	...	Charlotte
	Alex Karpovsky	...	Jed
	David Call	...	Keith
	Mike S. Ryan	...	Homeless Man

Storyline

About a recent college grad who returns home while she tries to figure out what to do with her life.

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Taglines:

Aura would like you to know that she is having a very, very hard time.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

Tribeca, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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Company Credits

Production Co:

Tiny Ponies 

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

User Reviews

 

Written and directed by Lena Dunham, who also acted the part of the lead character, Aura, "Tiny Furniture" is an admirable accomplishment for a variety of reasons. First of all - with a budget of $50K - it demonstrates what talent and dedication can achieve with minimal funds and a skeleton crew. The film tells the story of a young woman, recovering from a recent romantic break-up and just graduated from film studies at Oberlin College, who returns to her artist mother's Tribeca apartment in New York where a younger sister also resides. Coincidentally (or not) this narrative framework closely mirrored Ms Dunham's real-life circumstances at the time when she wrote the screenplay - and she utilized her own mother, sister and friends to play their parts in this fictionalized version of her homecoming. The result is a fresh, witty, inventive insight into the crucial dilemmas of an insecure but fairly privileged female college graduate who finds herself on the threshold of real life. The film leads us through a varied sequence of Aura's everyday dramas such as sibling rivalry, communication issues with her self-absorbed mother, free-loading boyfriends, employment problems and impulsive casual sex - all of which are portrayed with ironic humor and poignant sensitivity. "Tiny Furniture" is beautifully photographed on a Canon Digital SLR, and the entire cast - both amateur and professional - give sophisticated performances, with Jemima Kirke stealing the show as Aura's out-to-lunch BFF Charlotte.