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Ryan Gosling | ... | ||
Emma Stone | ... | ||
Amiée Conn | ... |
Famous Actress
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Terry Walters | ... |
Linda (Coffee Shop Manager)
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Thom Shelton | ... |
Coffee Spiller
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Cinda Adams | ... | ||
Callie Hernandez | ... |
Tracy
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Jessica Rothe | ... |
Alexis
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Sonoya Mizuno | ... |
Caitlin
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Rosemarie DeWitt | ... |
Laura
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J.K. Simmons | ... | ||
Claudine Claudio | ... | ||
Jason Fuchs | ... | ||
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D.A. Wallach | ... |
'80's Singer
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Trevor Lissauer | ... |
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart. Written by Eirini
Telluride by the Sea (Portsmouth, NH) led off its 2016 weekend film festival with La La Land, a captivating film that hearkens back to the golden age of Hollywood cinema yet remains firmly embedded in present-day Los Angeles life. Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling bring a startling depth and nuanced feelings to what could easily have been another trite variation on the theme of falling in and out of love. The film impressed me on so many levels, for the quality of the direction and cinematography, the seamless transition between musical song-and-dance numbers with a powerful narrative, the inventive choreography, the authenticity that Stone and Gosling brought to their portrayal of their characters, and the amplification of the intensity of their romance enacted through their singing and dancing. This film is not-to-be-missed by anyone who loves the classic Ginger Rodgers-Fred Astaire movies and who longs for a modern re- invention of this genre.