After graduating from film school, Aura returns to New York to live with her photographer mother, Siri, and her sister, Nadine, who has just finished high school. Aura is directionless and wonders where to go next in her career and her life. She takes a job in a restaurant and tries unsuccessfully to develop relationships with men, including Keith, a chef where she works, and cult Internet star Jed.
Directed by Lena Dunham
new york city
sibling relationship
parent child relationship
female protagonist
art gallery
manhattan, new york city
post college
woman director
mother daughter relationship
sister sister relationship
independent film
tribeca
Rank
#98 in 2010·#5245 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.2 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Lena Dunham
Aura
Laurie Simmons
Siri
Cyrus Dunham
Nadine
Merritt Wever
Frankie
Amy Seimetz
Ashlynn
Alex Karpovsky
Jed
Jemima Kirke
Charlotte
David Call
Keith
Jody Lee Lipes
Bus Boy
Anna Bak-Kvapil
Ashlynn's Friend
Alex Ross Perry
Ashlynn's Friend
Teddy Blanks
Gallery-Goer
Crew
Lena Dunham
Director
Lena Dunham
Writer
Teddy Blanks
Original Music Composer
Jody Lee Lipes
Director of Photography
Alicia Van Couvering
Producer
Jade Healy
Art Direction
Micah Bloomberg
Sound Recordist
Tomas Vengris
Assistant Editor
Sam Daley
Colorist
Eléonore Hendricks
Thanks
Brett Jutkiewicz
Thanks
Griffin Newman
Thanks
Popular Reviews
120 reviews
Leo FloresPRO
6.0★ · 03/06/26
My gf said “is there not one single tv in this house? I could not LIVE”
My gf said “is there not one single tv in this house? I could not LIVE”
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Alice
10.0★ · 04/16/26
I love Lena so much and I am proud to say it
I love Lena so much and I am proud to say it
Soph
5.0★ · 05/16/26
No but like… why they did it in a pipe though?
No but like… why they did it in a pipe though?
Heka
7.0★ · 05/16/26
So Ray Ploshansky is a hobosexual in every universe …
So Ray Ploshansky is a hobosexual in every universe …
