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About
After graduating from film school, Aura returns to New York to live with her photographer mother, Siri, and her sister, Nadine, who has just finished high school. Aura is directionless and wonders where to go next in her career and her life. She takes a job in a restaurant and tries unsuccessfully to develop relationships with men, including Keith, a chef where she works, and cult Internet star Jed.
Theatrical
Nov 12, 2010
Box Office
$416K
Budget
$65K
Return
6.4x
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 14, 2012
Theaters
5
Quotes
See all →Struggles of Aura in Tiny Furniture
Tagline
Aura would like you to know that she is having a very, very hard time.
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The Evolution of Comedy in Tiny Furniture
Quotes about Tiny Furniture
] ]. We long ago bid adieu to the physical acrobatics of ], the wisecracks of ], the ]ty repartee of ] and ]. The now-reigning comedy of embarrassment, seen in the films of ] and the ] and all the loss-of-virginity farces, seems particularly appealing to younger viewers, who can relate to the awkward silences of crushes, being stuck with someone who is clearly physically undesirable, or being oneself the nerdy companion of some repulsed hottie, that ] imbalance being the kernel of the ] — though by the final credits, said nerd usually ends up with said hottie. Lena Dunham’s work is related to this mainstream comedy of embarrassment, but she takes it one bold step further, producing a much more subtle and sophisticated comedy of chagrin. And in Dunham’s world, there is no ] ending, only an enlightened realism.
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Cast
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Lena Dunham
Aura
L
Laurie Simmons
Siri
C
Cyrus Dunham
Nadine
M
Merritt Wever
Frankie
A
Amy Seimetz
Ashlynn
A
Alex Karpovsky
Jed
J
Jemima Kirke
Charlotte
G
Garland Hunter
Noelle
D
David Call
Keith
J
Jody Lee Lipes
Bus Boy
K
Kyle Martin
Keith's "Boy"
A
Anna Bak-Kvapil
Ashlynn's Friend
N
Nick Bentgen
Ashlynn's Friend
L
Lance Edmands
Ashlynn's Friend
A
Alex Ross Perry
Ashlynn's Friend
T
Teddy Blanks
Gallery-Goer
D
Durga Chew-Bose
Gallery-Goer
Z
Zach Clark
Gallery-Goer
J
Jesse Noah Klein
Gallery-Goer
N
Nat Sanders
Gallery-Goer
