Provincetown International Film Festival 2009

New England Premiere -Sponsored by Crown & Anchor Woody Allen returns to New York with an offbeat comedy about a crotchety misanthrope and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the South. After the failure of his career, his marriage, and his suicide attempt, world-class grouch Boris Yellnikoff (Larry David), spends his days insulting the small children who study chess with him and irritating his still-loyal friends with his never-ending tirades about the worthlessness of absolutely everything. A self-proclaimed genius and not a "feel-good person," Boris fancies himself the only one who fully comprehends the meaninglessness of all human aspirations, and the pitch-black chaos of the universe. Shortly after the dewy-eyed innocent (Evan Rachel Wood), talks her way into his apartment - and into his life - her uptight parents (Patricia Clarkson and Ed Begley, Jr.) arrive to rescue her, and are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements themselves. Through a series of chance circumstances, heartbreaks, personal transformations and the occasional ménage à trios, the romantic partners in this story chase after the emotional configurations that fulfill their needs, and in the process discover that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and appreciating the value of "whatever works." Print Source: Sony Pictures Classics