52 Films by Women Vol 8. 27. The French Italian (Director: Rachel Wolther)
Pictured : Doug ( Aristotle Athari , seated centre) tells the story about how he and Valerie ( Catherine Cohen ) were forced to flee their rent stabilised Upper West Side apartment in the New York City-set comedy, ' The French Italian ', written and directed by Rachel Wolther . Still courtesy of Mirmade Films . The French Italian is one of those quirky New York City comedies that you start to watch on a streaming service then decide fifteen minutes in that it is really time to send out those funeral invites. It focuses on the righteous indignation (read: narcissistic entitlement) of an Upper West Side career indifferent couple (read: how did they ever meet?) who decide to avenge their forced retreat from a rent stabilized apartment. This being a modest budget New York comedy (no mobile phones were used for the capturing of performance), they decide to take their revenge when they find out that their torturer, Mary Dancyger (Chloe Cherry) is an aspiring actress who is on Inst...