Daddy Longlegs (2009) ( Busquen algo de romero ) ( Go Get Some Rosemary (Lenny & The Kids) )

Daddy Longlegs (2009) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Busquen algo de romero
Alternate Title: Go Get Some Rosemary (Lenny & The Kids)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Ben Safdie
Joshua Safdie

Written By:
Joshua Safdie
Ben Safdie

Actors:
Ronald Bronstein ..... Lenny
Sage Ranaldo ..... Sage Sokol
Frey Ranaldo ..... Frey Sokol
Ted Barron ..... Jeff
Jake Braff ..... Jake
Larry Chamberlain ..... Batman
Wayne Chin ..... Rick
Abel Ferrara ..... Robber
Dakota Goldhor ..... Roberta
Alex Greenblatt ..... Friend
Eleonore Hendricks ..... Leni
Victor Puccio ..... Principal Puccio
Lee Ranaldo ..... Stepfather
Salvatore Sansone ..... Salvie
Leah Singer ..... Paige

Synopsis:

Things that might come easily to other people seem to pose special challenges to Lenny (Ronald Bronstein), the Manhattan movie projectionist whose personality is explored in "Daddy Longlegs" as though it were a mountainous landscape or a daunting mathematical problem. To purchase and consume a hot dog is, for most New Yorkers, a fairly straightforward proposition, but for Lenny it is a gantlet of complications involving money, taste, social norms and the laws of gravity. Lunch does not quite work out as planned, but his response to this minor catastrophe is laughter. But Lenny is volatile enough that other, equally ordinary events and encounters fill him with panic, confusion and rage. Outside the school where he goes to pick up his two young sons, Lenny meets the principal, and what might have been a tense, polite exchange turns into a foulmouthed tirade. And then Lenny and his boys, Sage and Frey (Sage and Frey Ranaldo), are at large on the streets, like a pack of feral but basically friendly dogs. The obvious critique of Lenny's parenting is both central to "Daddy Longlegs" and beside the point. The film was written and directed by Benny and Josh Safdie, perceptive young filmmakers who essentially used to be Sage and Frey

After months of being alone, sad, busy, sidetracked, free, lofty, late and away from his kids, Lenny, 34 with graying frazzled hair, picks his kids up from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7. Lenny juggles his kids and everything else all within a midtown studio apartment in New York City. He ultimately faces the choice of being their father or their friend all with the idea that these two weeks must last 6 months. In these two weeks, a trip upstate, visitors from strange lands, a mother, a girlfriend, 'magic' blankets, and complete lawlessness seem to take over their lives. The film is a swan song to excuses and responsibilities; to fatherhood and self-created experiences, and to what it's like to be truly torn between being a child and being an adult.

Go get some rosemary. A self-absorbed, motormouthed screw up who works sometimes as a projectionist spends two weeks looking after his young sons. More a goofy friend than father figure, Lenny (Bronstein) juggles his parental responsibilities while living the life of a downtown New York hipster. Several hilarious vignettes involve his attempts to reconcile his employment, a one night stand, food consumption, a recurring dream and one surreal trip Upstate. A showcase for its lead, Daddy Longlegs sustains a mood but transcends its premise.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 13 October, 2019.