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Medicine for Melancholy (2008) -- A love story of bikes and one-night stands told through two African-American twenty-somethings dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying San Francisco.
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Medicine for Melancholy (2008) -- Set in San Francisco, this follows the story of a man and a woman after a one night stand
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Overview

User Rating:
7.1/10   282 votes
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Director:
Barry Jenkins
Writer:
Barry Jenkins (writer)
Contact:
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Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
A night they barely remember becomes a day they'll never forget.
Plot:
A love story of bikes and one-night stands told through two African-American twenty-somethings dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying San Francisco. | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
All Summer in a Day more (6 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Wyatt Cenac ... Micah

Tracey Heggins ... 'Jo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Elizabeth Acker ... Housing Rights Committee Member
Melissa Bisagni ... Cassandra Jay
DeMorge Brown ... MOAD Voice
Powell DeGrange ... Housing Rights Committee Member
Chida Emeka ... Housing Rights Committee Member
John Friedberg ... Housing Rights Committee Member
Dana Julius ... Housing Rights Committee Member
Ondine Kilker ... Housing Rights Committee Member
Erin Klenow ... Museum Staffer
Phoebe Chi Ching Kwok ... Housing Rights Committee Member
Tommi Avicolli Mecca ... Housing Rights Committee Member
Adam Moskowitz ... Housing Rights Committee Member
Jennifer Sanchez ... Housing Rights Committee Member
Kenyatta Sheppard ... Housing Rights Committee Member
Emily Taplin ... Receptionist
Brent Weinbach ... Waiter
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Argentina:88 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | Canada:88 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
Argentina:13

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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
All Summer in a Day, 9 March 2008
10/10
Author: jamespark from San Francisco, CA

Just saw the premiere at SXSW. An absolutely beautiful movie. I love the look of the film. The way it's shot changes over time as the story unfolds subtly reinforcing events on screen. The actors work so very wonderfully together. The protagonists are able to connect via a shared circumstance not easily communicated to others. The feelings and thoughts of both over the 24 hours of this film's settings really came through and affected me greatly. Kudos to the whole team. They were able to make a professional-looking film with a skeleton crew and a nearly nonexistent budget which any auteur would be proud of. I can't wait to be able to see this movie again, next time in SF.

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