A drama film directed by debutant Nancy Bardawil, 'Greta,' stars Hilary Duff, Evan Ross, and Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn.March 20, 2009, (Sawf News) - A drama film directed by debutant Nancy Bardawil, Greta, stars Hilary Duff, Evan Ross, and Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn.
The release date for the Michael Gilvary penned film, distributed by Whitewater films, is yet to be announced.
The film with a tagline - She's a trip, but she's no vacation... is set in New Jersey.
Plot:
Greta (Hilary Duff) is sixteen, bright, beautiful and seriously rebellious, full of sarcastic wit that barely disguises the hurt inside. Pushed aside by her mother, Karen, who is on her third marriage and counting, Greta is shipped off to her grandparents for the summer, and she's not happy about it. In fact, she tells them that she fully intends to kill herself before the summer is over and is currently compiling a notebook of suicide methods.
Acerbic, yet winningly impulsive, Greta is a stunning force of nature, disrupting her grandparents' staid and settled lives and the Jersey Shore community they live in as well. Greta falls for a charismatic, young short-order cook (Evan Ross), only to find out he's been in and out of a juvenile correctional facility for stealing cars. Now he's determined to do something with his life, but as their romance heats up, Greta has to overcome the concerns of her grandparents (Ellen Burstyn, Michael Murphy) about her boyfriend's criminal past.
But soon a near catastrophe gives Greta a wake-up call and demonstrates how deeply her own actions impact those around her. Greta's growing love for her elderly grandparents, along with the excitement of her first summer romance, gradually strips away her defenses, revealing the promising, charismatic young woman underneath her shell.
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