Today they’ve announced their acquisition of Nancy, Please, which previously screened at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, as well as the Florida Film Festival and a bunch of others. The film is written and directed by Andrew Semans, and is something of a dark comedy involving a young student at Yale just trying to retrieve an item from a former roommate, however things spiral out of control. Nancy, Please hits theaters on April 5th in Chicago, with a wider release set for May. Hit the jump for the synopsis and trailer.
Nancy, Please tells the story of Paul, a young, gifted, and aimless Yale University student who has just moved in with his girlfriend and is struggling to complete his dissertation before embarking on a career in academia. There’s just one snag: as Paul is unpacking his belongings, he discovers that he has left something behind, and only his obstinate and casually sinister former roommate, Nancy, can give it back to him. Paul contacts Nancy, but she will not cooperate and proceeds to thwart Paul’s clumsy and increasingly frantic efforts to retrieve his property. What should be the simplest of errands becomes intolerably difficult. His annoyance turns to rage and then to obsession. As Paul becomes increasingly consumed with Nancy, he begins to unravel, and his life becomes much, much worse before it gets better.
