Happy Christmas
(In-Person)

Screening December 11, 2021

Saturday: 2:45 PM

$7 General Admission

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DIRECTOR Q&A

Director Joe Swanberg will be in-person at FACETS to introduce the film and for a brief Q&A afterwards with series programmer Emma Greenleaf. 

Holiday Detour Series

Celebrate differently this year with films that stray from the traditional holiday fare but use their seasonal settings as a backdrop for compelling character studies.

Written and directed by Chicago local Joe Swanberg, this intimate Christmas tale speaks to the stress of the holiday season that we have all felt at one point or another.

After a rough breakup, Irresponsible 20-something Jenny (Anna Kendrick) moves in with her filmmaker older brother (Swanberg), his novelist wife, Kelly (Melanie Lynskey), and their 2-year-old son. Jenny’s rocky arrival shakes up their quiet domesticity as she and her friend Carson instigate an evolution in Kelly’s life and career.

 

Swanberg’s modest take on the holidays uses his signature mumblecore style and nuanced performances to create a humorous yet moving look at growing up, marriage, parenthood, and creative life.

 

Joe Swanberg |  U.S.A. |  2014  |  88 minutes

"A modest work of shrewd storytelling riddled with potent themes but never overstating them."

- Indiewire

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