Plot
While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close friend's husband.
Cast
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Ellis Moonsong
Will Ferrell
Hobie
Jonny Lee Miller
Lee
Radha Mitchell
Melinda Robicheaux
Amanda Peet
Susan
Chloë Sevigny
Laurel
Wallace Shawn
Sy
David Aaron Baker
Steve
Arija Bareikis
Sally Oliver
Josh Brolin
Greg
Steve Carell
Walt
Stephanie Roth Haberle
Louise
Crew
Woody Allen
Director
Letty Aronson
Producer
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Woody Allen
Writer
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