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New York in the 90s: After leaving graduate school to pursue her dream of becoming a writer, Joanna (Margaret Qualley) gets hired as an assistant to Margaret (Sigourney Weaver), the stoic and old-fashioned literary agent of J. D. Salinger. Fluctuating between poverty and glamour, she spends her days in a plush, wood-panelled office – where dictaphones and typewriters still reign and agents doze off after three-martini lunches – and her nights in a sink-less Brooklyn apartment with her socialist boyfriend. Joanna’s main task is processing Salinger’s voluminous fan mail, but as she reads the heart-wrenching letters from around the world, she becomes reluctant to send the agency’s impersonal standard letter and impulsively begins personalizing the responses. The results are both humorous and moving, as Joanna, while using the great writer’s voice, begins to discover her own.
Original Release
09/15/2020
US Release
03/05/2021
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Margaret Qualley | Joanna |
Sigourney Weaver | Margaret |
Douglas Booth | Don |
Seána Kerslake | Jenny |
Brian F. O'Byrne | Hugh |
Colm Feore | Daniel |
Théodore Pellerin | Boy from Winston-Salem |
Yanic Truesdale | Max |
Hamza Haq | Karl |
Leni Parker | Pam |
Directors
Writers
Philippe Falardeau, Joanna Smith Rakoff
Cast
Name | Character |
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Margaret Qualley | Joanna |
Sigourney Weaver | Margaret |
Douglas Booth | Don |
Seána Kerslake | Jenny |
Brian F. O'Byrne | Hugh |
Colm Feore | Daniel |
Théodore Pellerin | Boy from Winston-Salem |
Yanic Truesdale | Max |
Hamza Haq | Karl |
Leni Parker | Pam |
Ellen David | Placement Agent |
Romane Denis | Girl Who Wants an A |
Tim Post | J. D. Salinger |
Gavin Drea | Mark |
Matt Holland | Clifford Bradbury |
Xiao Sun | Lisa |
Andy Bradshaw | Veteran |
Christine Lan | Vietnamese Girl |
Andres Romo Salido | Mexican Worker |
Arthur Holden | Dean |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Philippe Falardeau | Executive Producer |
Naima Abed | Executive Producer |
Hussain Amarshi | Executive Producer |
Emilie Georges | Executive Producer |
Celine Haddad | Executive Producer |
Joanna Smith Rakoff | Executive Producer |
Mary Jane Skalski | Executive Producer |
Ruth Coady | Producer |
Luc Déry | Producer |
Élaine Hébert | Producer |
Jess Magee | Producer |
Kim McCraw | Producer |
Susan Mullen | Producer |
Claude Paiement | Producer |