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Obvious Child Director Gillian Robespierre Signs Second Picture

Apparently not content with successfully combining abortion and romance in her debut film Obvious Child, writer-director Gillian Robespierre has announced that she’ll attempt to make divorce funny in her untitled follow-up, to be produced by OddLot president Gigi Pritzker.

Robespierre will co-pen the screenplay with writer Elisabeth Holm. Variety reports that the film will be about three women in New York. That the first-time filmmaker has lined up her next project before her debut feature has even premiered attests to the wonderfulness of Obvious Child — a film I caught at Independent Film Festival Boston last week and can’t praise enough for its hilarious jokes and wordplay, its matter-of-fact but touchingly kind approach to romance, and a winsome lead performance from former SNL cast member Jenny Slate.

Previously: Sundance Women Directors: Meet Gillian Robespierre

[h/t Variety]


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