Creative Nonfiction

Art Imitates Life

Creative Nonfiction — Plot

College student Ella is completely focused on her ambiguously romantic relationship with her dorm-mate, Chris. She is so consumed by trying to understand his behavior that she's neglecting the screenplay she is supposed to write in order to graduate. When she does sit down to work on the script, her increasingly awkward social life bleeds onto the page and her work begins to express her true feelings about her own situation.

• Release date
• February 18, 2009
• Runtime
• 58 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Romance
• Director
• Lena Dunham

Creative Nonfiction — Cast

Lena Dunham Ella

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David Unger Chris

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Audrey Gelman Edie

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Slaine Jenkins Carly

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Jeffrey Cristiani Ty Richard Brundage The Man

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Sam Lisenco The Fisherman Eléonore Hendricks The Punk Girl