Frances Ha

Frances Halladay is a 27-year-old dancer whose life is upended when her best friend Sophie tells her she plans to relocate from Brooklyn to Tribeca, which Sophie considers her dream neighborhood. Frances, a struggling would-be dancer working as an apprentice at a dance company, is unable to afford the move and is forced to find someplace else to live. She moves to Chinatown and shares an apartment with her friends Lev and Benji for a brief period. She visits her hometown of Sacramento for Christmas where she sees her family and reconnects with high school friends. She spends an uneventful two days in Paris that she pays for on a credit card. She returns to Vassar, her alma mater, to work as a waitress and summer resident assistant, before finally returning to Washington Heights in Manhattan. Frances laments her dire financial situation, her poor prospects as a professional dancer, and her increasingly strained relationship with Sophie. She eventually reconciles with Sophie and enjoys a modest but satisfying existence as a fledgling choreographer, teaching dance to young children, and bookkeeper for her former dance company, exploring a potential relationship with Benji, and living alone in her own apartment.