Not Waving but Drowning (film)

Not Waving But Drowning
Film poster
Directed byDevyn Waitt
Screenplay byDevyn Waitt
Story byAmy Hempel[1]
Produced byNicole Emanuele
StarringVanessa Ray
Megan Guinan
Lynn Cohen
CinematographyNathan Levine-Heaney
Edited byDylan Correll
Music byJohn Ross
Production
company
White Horse Pictures
Release date
  • June 2012 (2012-06) (Champs-Élysées)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Not Waving But Drowning is a 2012 drama film directed by Devyn Waitt, starring Vanessa Ray and Megan Guinan. A small town girl (Vanessa Ray) moves to New York City, and laments being separated from her best friend (Megan Guinan) while forging rewarding new relationships in director Devyn Waitt's feature-length companion piece to the short film The Most Girl Part of You (2011).[2]

The film premiered in the 2012 Champs-Élysées Film Festival in Paris, France.[3]

Plot summary

The title is a reference to a poem of the same name by English poet Stevie Smith, in which a dead man berates those who failed to notice or acknowledge the circumstances leading to his death.

Leaving small-town life in her dust, Adele moves wide-eyed to New York City, and her best friend Sara is stuck in their boring hometown. Separate for the first time in their lives, the film charts their new relationships, while beautiful background music sequences capture fleeting emotions as their lives move in unexpected directions.[4]

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Q&A with the Director and Producer of "Not Waving but Drowning," Screening at AFI Silver This Sunday | Washingtonian (DC)". 7 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Not Waving but Drowning (2012) - Devyn Waitt | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  3. ^ "Harvey Weinstein, Donald Sutherland and Michael Madsen to Attend Inaugural Champs-Elysees Film Festival". The Hollywood Reporter. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Watch Not Waving, But Drowning | Prime Video". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2022-05-28.


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