Funny Pages (2022)
Director: Owen Kline Run Time: 86 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2022
Starring: Daniel Zolghadri, Josh Pais, Maria Dizzia, Matthew Maher, Miles Emanuel
Country: United States
Language: English
About the film:
A bitingly funny coming-of-age story of a teenage cartoonist who rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul. The film premiered in the Director’s Fortnight section of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where it received a three-minute standing ovation.
“A genuinely bizarre, startling, freewheelingly lo-fi and funny indie picture with the refreshing bad-taste impact of Todd Solondz or Robert Crumb.”
—Peter Bradshaw, the Guardian (UK)
About the filmmaker:
Owen Joseph Kline is an American filmmaker, actor and cartoonist, best known for his directorial debut Funny Pages (2022) and his performance as Frank Berkman in The Squid and the Whale (2005). Owen Kline was born and raised in New York City, to theater and film actor Kevin Kline and actress Phoebe Cates. Kline acted in his adolescence in the independent films The Anniversary Party (2001) and Noah Baumbach’s The Squid and The Whale (2005).
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