The Stand Up
The Stand Up is a 2011 American comedy/drama film written and directed by David Wexler and starring Jonathan Sollis, Margarita Levieva, Arija Bareikis, and Aidan Quinn.
Plot
Stand-up comic Zoe Hardwick is desperately in love with his beautiful girlfriend, Miranda (Julia Dennis). When she dies tragically, Zoe is devastated and drops his budding career, moves back home, and pines after his departed love for a year. His father, the principal of an elementary school, decides that one year of moping around the house is enough and forces Zoe to take a job teaching kindergarten, Zoe finds himself standing before a very different demographic. The innocent insights of the children help Zoe in finally healing. He meets fellow kindergarten teacher, Veronica (Margarita Levieva) and a new love is kindled.
More details
author | David Wexler |
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director | David Wexler |
editor | Alex Ricciardi |
genre | comedy-drama |
keywords | beautiful girl elementary school heal kindergarten teacher new love principal teach |
musicBy | Frank Bell Kevin Drew |
producer | David Wexler Eli Wolstan Shane Tilston |
productionCompany | Cinema 59 Productions |
publisher | John Sloss |
theme | independent |