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Stay the Same Never Change (2009)

Directed by Laurel Nakadate

Drama · 1h 33m

Artist and director Laurel Nakadate takes us beyond the prepackaged and sanitized world of the Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana to the true heartland of America and the tween-aged girls that inhabit it. In Kansas City, pop culture is something to be twisted and reshaped, relationships are either nonexistent or refabricated, and time is unstructured and teasing. At the heart of these girls' lives—and this innovative work of cinema—is a quest for understanding and a sense of place. The risks run and solutions posed engender both laughs and tears. The film's amateur actors and nonlinear narrative bring an unnerving, utterly human face to the challenges of young womanhood in a world that would prefer that girls watch the Disney Channel.

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Cast

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Abby Bavley Abby
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Emily Boullear Emily
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Tate Buck Tate
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Cyan Meeks Cyan
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Annie Montgomery Annie
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Mary Nichols Mary
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Julie Potratz Julie
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Paige Sanders Paige
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Marcia Trayford Marcia Matthew Faber Yoga Instructor

Crew

Director
Laurel Nakadate
Writer
Laurel Nakadate
Editor
Laurel Nakadate

Details

Release date
2009-01-16
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Drama
Original language
EN