Lucy Schulman

Interview: Ellie Sachs on crafting the relatable comedy Lucy Schulman and navigating the fine line between romance and self-erasure

With her feature debut Lucy Schulman, writer, director and star Ellie Sachs has crafted a charming, painfully relatable comedy about the dangers of building your identity around other people. Following a devastating breakup, Lucy returns home to live with her eccentric father and begins the messy process of figuring out who she is when she’s…

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Lucy Schulman is a modest, sentimental indie that sneaks up on you emotionally: Tribeca Film Festival Review

In one of the earliest moments of Lucy Schulman, Lucy (Ellie Sachs) reflects on her childhood obsession with mallards. While other kids loved trains or Barbies, she was fixated on the idea that these birds seemed to mate for life – and that when one died, the other often wasn’t far behind. To Lucy, that…

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