Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007)

Recommended

USA

Feature Film

Writer/Director/Cinematographer: Joe Swanberg

Writers/Cast: Greta Gerwig, Kent Osborne, Andrew Bujalski, Ry Russo-Young, Mark Duplass, Todd Rohal, Kevin Bewersdorf, Tipper Newton, Kris Williams

Hannah, a twenty-something aspiring playwright, working on the writing staff of a small satirical sketch show, struggles to find her place in life, drifting from boyfriend to boyfriend, finding moments of happiness but not the lasting satisfaction that she craves, in Swanberg (and friends’) collaborative slice-of-life drama, which proves to be as inconsequential, mundane, ugly, beautiful, and fascinating as the lives of any of us. Iain.Stott