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''Girlfriends'' is a 1978 {{Dramedy}} directed by Claudia Weill, from a screenplay by Vicki Polon.
Susan Weinblatt (Creator/MelanieMayron) is a young photographer in New York City. Struggling to find galleries that will display her artistic photos, she makes ends meet doing commercial photography. One of her main clients is friendly Rabbi Aaron Gold (Creator/EliWallach), who always hires her to photograph the bar mitzvahs and weddings he presides over.
Susan's best friend and roommate, aspiring writer Anne Munroe (Anita Skinner), suddenly announces that she's moving out to marry Martin (Creator/BobBalaban). Susan struggles to keep their friendship afloat, as she juggles other friendships old and new, a romance with a man named Eric (Creator/ChristopherGuest) she first met at a party, her first big break in her photography career, and even thoughts that Rabbi Gold (a married man three decades her senior) [[MayDecemberRomance might be more than just a friend]].
Produced over the span of a year on a shoestring budget, ''Girlfriends'' became a favorite on the then-embryonic film festival circuit, with Creator/WarnerBros picking it up for distribution. While it didn't attract much of an audience in regular release, it impressed Creator/StanleyKubrick, who touted it in an interview as the best recent film by an American director. Long considered an obscure curio, it's gained renewed attention in recent years as an early attempt by female filmmakers to touch on feminist themes and an obvious ancestor of the Mumblecore movement. Creator/LenaDunham has been an enthusiastic champion, and even brought in Weill to direct an episode of ''Series/{{Girls}}''. It is also believed to have closely inspired ''Film/FrancesHa'', with which it shares several large similarities.
No relation to the [[Series/{{Girlfriends}} TV series]] or the [[Manga/GirlFriends manga]].
!!This film contains examples of:
* AbortionFalloutDrama: When [[spoiler:Susan goes to find Anne after she went to the country for the weekend while leaving Martin in the city, it's revealed that Anne secretly had an abortion because she didn't want a second child. However, it's played very lowkey and understandingly]].
* AwfulWeddedLife: We get hints that testy Anne and nebbishy Martin aren't all that happy of a couple. Also, Anne's parents got divorced, and Rabbi Gold and his wife seem to have a shaky marriage.
* BespectacledCutie: Susan combines a pleasant demeanor, wit, and a bit of awkwardness, and wears a pair of prominent glasses.
* BigApplesauce: Set in the tiny apartments and art galleries of Lower Manhattan, and it's the kind of movie that couldn't take place anywhere else.
* CoolOldGuy: Rabbi Gold, who's gentle, funny and wise.
* DeadpanSnarker: The most obvious shared trait of Susan and Eric.
* {{Expy}}: Susan is like a ten-years-older version of Ginger, Melanie Mayron's character in ''Film/HarryAndTonto''.
* FanDisservice: Unless you really like the idea of seeing Creator/ChristopherGuest and Creator/BobBalaban naked (not together, though).
* GranolaGirl: Ceil, who Susan picks up hitchhiking and who later becomes her roommate.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Susan and Anne, but Anne's marriage throws a major curveball into this relationship for both of them.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: On a visual level, you have blonde shiksa Anne on one hand, then there's dark-haired and very Jewish Susan. But personality-wise, they both have a mixture of lighter and darker sides.
* MayDecemberRomance: There's definitely some chemistry between Susan, who's in her late twenties, and Rabbi Gold, who's in his early 60s (Creator/EliWallach was 63 when the film was released) [[spoiler:When he kisses her out of the blue, she briefly decides to pursue a relationship with him]].
* MessyHair: Susan has quite an impressive Jewfro.
* NoEnding: Susan and Anne [[spoiler:renew their friendship at the country house, then they see Martin pull up in the driveway for an unannounced visit, but the film ends before he enters the house]].
* RandomEventsPlot[=/=]SliceOfLife: Basically it's a series of vignettes from a year or so of Susan's life.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Eric gives one to Susan, accusing her of being too hard on herself and projecting her own faults onto Anne.
* RedOniBlueOni: Susan (red) is outgoing and earthy, Anne (blue) is more guarded and uptight.
* UnbuiltTrope: While the fashion and setting are very much from TheSeventies, the tone and approach are remarkably similar to a modern indie film. While Weill was clearly familiar with the directorial work of Creator/JohnCassavetes and Creator/EricRohmer, she adds her own unique spin to their influence that makes this film seem very modern.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Susan and Anne seem headed toward this fate after they have a big argument. [[spoiler:They reconcile in the final scene, though]].
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''Girlfriends'' is a 1978 {{Dramedy}} directed by Claudia Weill, from a screenplay by Vicki Polon.
Susan Weinblatt (Creator/MelanieMayron) is a young photographer in New York City. Struggling to find galleries that will display her artistic photos, she makes ends meet doing commercial photography. One of her main clients is friendly Rabbi Aaron Gold (Creator/EliWallach), who always hires her to photograph the bar mitzvahs and weddings he presides over.
Susan's best friend and roommate, aspiring writer Anne Munroe (Anita Skinner), suddenly announces that she's moving out to marry Martin (Creator/BobBalaban). Susan struggles to keep their friendship afloat, as she juggles other friendships old and new, a romance with a man named Eric (Creator/ChristopherGuest) she first met at a party, her first big break in her photography career, and even thoughts that Rabbi Gold (a married man three decades her senior) [[MayDecemberRomance might be more than just a friend]].
Produced over the span of a year on a shoestring budget, ''Girlfriends'' became a favorite on the then-embryonic film festival circuit, with Creator/WarnerBros picking it up for distribution. While it didn't attract much of an audience in regular release, it impressed Creator/StanleyKubrick, who touted it in an interview as the best recent film by an American director. Long considered an obscure curio, it's gained renewed attention in recent years as an early attempt by female filmmakers to touch on feminist themes and an obvious ancestor of the Mumblecore movement. Creator/LenaDunham has been an enthusiastic champion, and even brought in Weill to direct an episode of ''Series/{{Girls}}''. It is also believed to have closely inspired ''Film/FrancesHa'', with which it shares several large similarities.
No relation to the [[Series/{{Girlfriends}} TV series]] or the [[Manga/GirlFriends manga]].
!!This film contains examples of:
* AbortionFalloutDrama: When [[spoiler:Susan goes to find Anne after she went to the country for the weekend while leaving Martin in the city, it's revealed that Anne secretly had an abortion because she didn't want a second child. However, it's played very lowkey and understandingly]].
* AwfulWeddedLife: We get hints that testy Anne and nebbishy Martin aren't all that happy of a couple. Also, Anne's parents got divorced, and Rabbi Gold and his wife seem to have a shaky marriage.
* BespectacledCutie: Susan combines a pleasant demeanor, wit, and a bit of awkwardness, and wears a pair of prominent glasses.
* BigApplesauce: Set in the tiny apartments and art galleries of Lower Manhattan, and it's the kind of movie that couldn't take place anywhere else.
* CoolOldGuy: Rabbi Gold, who's gentle, funny and wise.
* DeadpanSnarker: The most obvious shared trait of Susan and Eric.
* {{Expy}}: Susan is like a ten-years-older version of Ginger, Melanie Mayron's character in ''Film/HarryAndTonto''.
* FanDisservice: Unless you really like the idea of seeing Creator/ChristopherGuest and Creator/BobBalaban naked (not together, though).
* GranolaGirl: Ceil, who Susan picks up hitchhiking and who later becomes her roommate.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Susan and Anne, but Anne's marriage throws a major curveball into this relationship for both of them.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: On a visual level, you have blonde shiksa Anne on one hand, then there's dark-haired and very Jewish Susan. But personality-wise, they both have a mixture of lighter and darker sides.
* MayDecemberRomance: There's definitely some chemistry between Susan, who's in her late twenties, and Rabbi Gold, who's in his early 60s (Creator/EliWallach was 63 when the film was released) [[spoiler:When he kisses her out of the blue, she briefly decides to pursue a relationship with him]].
* MessyHair: Susan has quite an impressive Jewfro.
* NoEnding: Susan and Anne [[spoiler:renew their friendship at the country house, then they see Martin pull up in the driveway for an unannounced visit, but the film ends before he enters the house]].
* RandomEventsPlot[=/=]SliceOfLife: Basically it's a series of vignettes from a year or so of Susan's life.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Eric gives one to Susan, accusing her of being too hard on herself and projecting her own faults onto Anne.
* RedOniBlueOni: Susan (red) is outgoing and earthy, Anne (blue) is more guarded and uptight.
* UnbuiltTrope: While the fashion and setting are very much from TheSeventies, the tone and approach are remarkably similar to a modern indie film. While Weill was clearly familiar with the directorial work of Creator/JohnCassavetes and Creator/EricRohmer, she adds her own unique spin to their influence that makes this film seem very modern.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Susan and Anne seem headed toward this fate after they have a big argument. [[spoiler:They reconcile in the final scene, though]].
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