People Places Things
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| Directed by | James C. Strouse |
| Produced by | Michael B. Clark Alex Turtletaub |
| Written by | James C. Strouse |
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Jemaine Clement Regina Hall Jessica Williams Stephanie Allynne Michael Chernus |
| Music by | Mark Orton |
| Cinematography | Chris Teague |
| Edited by | Colleen Sharp |
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| Distributed by | The Film Arcade |
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85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $67,046 |
People Places Things is a 2015 American comedy film written and directed by James C. Strouse. The film stars Jemaine Clement, Regina Hall, Jessica Williams, Stephanie Allynne and Michael Chernus. The film was released on August 14, 2015, by The Film Arcade.
The film begins with Will Henry (Jemaine Clement), a graphic novelist and art instructor, adjusting decorations for the birthday party of his five-year-old twin daughters, Clio (Aundrea Gadsby) and Colette (Gia Gadsby). As he searches for his longtime partner, Charlie (Stephanie Allynne), he ends up walking in on her and Gary (Michael Chernus), a monologist she's having an affair with. Charlie tells him that she's not happy with their relationship and is leaving him for Gary.
A year later, Will lives in a smaller house and sees his daughters on the weekend. Though he has a good relationship with the girls and wants to spend more time with them, Charlie has doubts that he would be able to handle all parental duties. Charlie also tells him that she is marrying Gary and is having his child. One of Will's art students, Kat (Jessica Williams), asks him to dinner so that he can meet her single mother, Diane (Regina Hall). Will finds that Diane is attractive and likable, though she does not respect Kat's studies or, in turn, Will's career. Diane informs Will that she is already seeing someone, though Kat has tried to set her up with men before, and Will leaves after dinner.
One night, Charlie abruptly drops the girls off at Will's house and asks if he could take care of them full-time; their nanny has quit and she can't take care of them on her own. Though Will initially struggles, he soon becomes more organized. However, a bomb threat cancels their school day, and needing a baby sitter while he teaches class, he promises money to Kat if she watches them. When he goes to pick them up after class, Diane admonishes him, telling him that it was wrong for him to pass his daughters off on Kat when the latter needs her education, and that it's not good for the girls to be bounced around between parents. The twins are asleep, so Will is forced to spend the night at Kat's apartment. Will notices that Dianne is reading a book on graphic novels and she tells him that she has gained a new respect for Kat's passion. Diane admits that she broke up with the man she was seeing; she and Will kiss and are about to have sex, but one of the twins comes looking for Will and he leaves to go keep the girls company. In the morning, Kat asks Will to read a graphic novel that she wrote.
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