Overture Films has released the trailer for PAPER HEART, a documentary.. not! You can watch the trailer using the media player below.. this is the film that made a buzz at the previous Sundance Film Festival. I was going to check it out this week but I have to attend the press screening of Management so I guess I’m going to have to wait til August to see what’s big deal about this.
I don’t mean to be harsh but it seems unlikely that a rising star like Michael Cera would wanna date someone like Charlyne Yi, but hey.. stranger things have happened.
Charlyne Yi does not believe in love. Or so she says. Well, at the very least, she doesn’t believe in fairy-tale love or the Hollywood mythology of love, and her own experiences have turned her into yet another modern-day skeptic. “Paper Heart” follows Charlyne as she embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn’t fully understand. As she and her good friend (and director) Nicholas search for answers and advice about love, Charlyne talks with friends and strangers, scientists, bikers, romance novelists, and children. They each offer diverse views on modern romance, as well as various answers to the age-old question: does true love really exist? Then, shortly after filming begins, Charlyne meets a boy after her own heart: Michael Cera. As their relationship develops on camera, her pursuit to discover the nature of love takes on a fresh new urgency. Charlyne risks losing the person she finds closest to her heart. Combining elements of documentary and traditional storytelling, reality and fantasy, “Paper Heart” brings a fresh perspective to the modern romance and redefines the classic love story.
PAPER HEART opens August 7, 2009 (NY, LA; expands: Aug. 14)
