Frances Ha

Greta Gerwig Interview

In Frances Ha, Greta Gerwig stars as the title character, a 27-year-old living a good but not particularly successful post-college life in New York City.

Frances becomes unmoored, though, when her best friend decides to move out of the apartment they share and move on with her own independent life. It's a turning point Gerwig says is a common experience for many young people who've struggled in the years after college, when adolescence is lingering and adulthood has yet to fully coalesce. That period, however, must end — and it's that transition the movie explores.

Tribute.ca spoke with Greta via satellite from New York about exploring this character, working with co-writer and director Noah Baumbach and how much she related to Frances.

Interview by Bonnie Laufer, Tribute Entertainment Media Group