The Girl from Monday (2005)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Hal Hartley

Writer:

Hal Hartley (writer)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A comic drama about a time in the near future when citizens are happy to be property traded on the stock exchange.

Plot Keywords:

Corporation | Underwater Scene | Sex Criminal | Gun | Suicide

Cast

Bill Sage	...	Jack
Sabrina Lloyd	...	Cecile
Tatiana Abracos	...	The Girl From Monday
Leo Fitzpatrick	...	William
D.J. Mendel	...	Abercrombie
James Urbaniak	...	Funk
Juliana Francis	...	Rita
Gary Wilmes	...	Adjuster
David Neumann	...	Soldier 1
Ryan Bronz	...	Soldier 2 / Benson
Edie Falco	...	Judge
Paul Urbanski	...	CEO
Michael Cassidy	...	Ted
Normandy Sherwood	...	Emily
James Stanley	...	Doc
Jenny Seastone Stern	...	Martha
Tanya Perez	...	Theresa
Matt Kalman	...	Nick the Bartender
Elizabeth Faulkner	...	Legal Secretary
Linda Horwatt	...	Rachel
Cordelia Reynolds	...	Gun Boutique Sales Girl
James Findlay	...	Taxi Driver
Adrienne Campbell-Holt	...	Classroom Student
Christél Halliburton	...	Classroom Student
Adam D. Grant	...	Classroom Student
Jarah	...	Classroom Student
Darius Safavi	...	Classroom Student
Audrey Lynn Weston	...	Classroom Student
Tana Sarntinoranont	...	Classroom Student
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jay Thomas Bavaro	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Margaret Rose Champagne	...	Teacher (uncredited)

Directed by
Hal Hartley

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Hal Hartley		writer

Produced by
Steve Hamilton	....	producer
Hal Hartley	....	producer
Lisa Porter	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Hal Hartley

Cinematography by
Sarah Cawley		(as Sarah Cawley Cabiya)

Film Editing by
Steve Hamilton

Casting by
Ryan Bronz

Production Design by
Inbal Weinberg

Art Direction by
Inbal Weinberg

Costume Design by
Virginia Cook

Makeup Department
Persefone Karakosta	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Lisa Porter	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mirashyam Blakeslee	....	second second assistant director
Neil Daly	....	first assistant director
Jim McKinney	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Nick Carbonaro	....	assistant art director
Nick Carbonaro	....	sets
Richard Sylvarnes	....	props
Richard Sylvarnes	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Dan Brashi	....	boom operator
Justin Kawashima	....	sound designer
Andrew Kris	....	post-production re-recording: Sound One, New York
Jeff Pullman	....	sound mixer
Jeff Pullman	....	sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department
Rob Bonella	....	swing electrician
Juan Carlos Borrero	....	key grip
Alan McIntyre Smith	....	gaffer
Richard Sylvarnes	....	still photographer
Ryan Wong	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Stephanie Armstrong	....	wardrobe intern

Editorial Department
Jeff Drury	....	assistant editor: Mad Mad Judy
Elisabeth Lelailert	....	assistant editor: Mad Mad Judy

Other crew
Sophie Amieva	....	collaborator
Darren Anderson	....	collaborator
Edward Antoine	....	collaborator
Thomas Barrett	....	collaborator
Jay Thomas Bavaro	....	collaborator
Shira Belfer	....	collaborator
Julia Belozersky	....	collaborator
Gary Bronz	....	collaborator
Damon Cardasis	....	collaborator
Margaret Rose Champagne	....	collaborator (as Margaret Champagne)
Gina Cline	....	collaborator
Steve Conklin	....	collaborator
Carmine Covelli	....	collaborator
Donald Cumming	....	collaborator
Rick Dacey	....	collaborator (as Richard Dacey)
Cathy de la Cruz	....	set intern
Chris de Simoné	....	collaborator
Keegan DeWitt	....	collaborator
Mark Doskow	....	collaborator
Yehuda Duenyas	....	collaborator
Adriane Forlana Erdos	....	collaborator (as Adriane Erdos)
Emily Fallo	....	collaborator (as Emilee Fallo)
Kate Fenker	....	collaborator
Mary Ferrer	....	collaborator
Julianne Garza	....	collaborator
Kyle Gilman	....	script supervisor
Alex Goldberg	....	collaborator
Emily Gould	....	collaborator
Dennis Gross	....	collaborator
Eliza Hittman	....	collaborator
Jonathan Jacobs	....	collaborator
Mia Kragh Jensen	....	office coordinator (as Mia Jensen)
Jocelyn Joson	....	office coordinator: Mad Mad Judy
Devin Kawaoka	....	collaborator
Major Lightner	....	collaborator
Royden Mills	....	collaborator
Tikva Morowati	....	production intern
David Neumann	....	choreographer
Miho Nikaido	....	collaborator
George Nobl	....	collaborator
Bryan Papciak	....	title designer
Timothy Perkins	....	production assistant
Alice Perry	....	collaborator
Nathan Phillips	....	collaborator
Scott Reid	....	collaborator
Phillip Ristaino	....	collaborator (as Phil Ristaino)
Jeff Roberts	....	collaborator
Shannon Robinson	....	collaborator
Rollo Romig	....	collaborator
Zoe Rosenfeld	....	collaborator
Chris Ryan	....	video finishing: Nice Shoes, New York
Julianna Sanderson	....	collaborator
Marie Schu	....	collaborator
Kathryn Schwarz	....	collaborator
Jeff Sias	....	title designer
Josh Stark	....	collaborator
Greg Stienbruner	....	collaborator (as Greg Steinbruner)
Joe Stipek	....	collaborator
Clarke Williams	....	set production assistant
Foster Wilson	....	collaborator (as Jo Foster Wilson)

Thanks
Nick Bodor	....	thanks
Jose V. Cabiya-Morales	....	thanks (as Chano Cabiya)
Dave McWater	....	thanks
Richard Sylvarnes	....	thanks
Anders Wright	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Possible Films
• The Monday Company

Distributors

• Hart Sharp Video
• NetFlix (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Possible Films (2004) (worldwide) (all media)

Other Companies

• Mihomiho  fashions provided by
• Swiss Effects  film recording

Also Known As:

To koritsi tis defteras (Greece) [el]

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some nudity and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

Argentina:84 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) | USA:84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Certification:

USA:R | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Possible Films

Quotes:

Judge: You are sentenced to two years hard labor - teaching high school.

Betaville

In which Hartley continues his exploration of the Godard cookbook. In this case, "Alphaville", with side orders of "The Man Who Fell to Earth" and various Chris Marker 'photoroman' movies.

The voice-over is not a cover for the failure to tell the story so much as a yarn-spinning technique along the lines of early Peter Greenaway or late Werner Herzog. There are some striking similarities with Herzog's recent "Wild Blue Yonder" (also billed as a science fiction fantasy).

In some ways this seems as much an exercise as an attempt to entertain; as with Godard's work the film is shot on a shoestring, with the present made to stand in for the future - Hartley tries to see how much he can say with how little.

Others have commented on the social satire; overlooked may have been the beautiful photography, the dreamlike atmosphere, the air of melancholy and loss, and the very effective music by Hartley himself (no longer trading under his "Ned Rifle" alias).

I dare say many of us miss his "early, funny, films" but that's how it goes with New York filmmakers, I guess. Where those movies were snappy prose, this is a poem.