The New Romantic
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The New Romantic was director Carly Stone's first feature film.[1] The film premiered at the 2018 South by Southwest Festival, where Stone was awarded Special Jury Recognition for First Feature.[1]
The film explores the relatively new phenomenon of young women, described as "sugar babies" who seek to be given allowances by older wealthy men, known as "sugar daddies".[2] In return for the allowances the sugar babies go on dates with their mentors, or meet them for discrete sexual liaisons.
Blake, a college senior, and author of her college newspaper's sex column, played by Jessica Barden, decides to follow the example of another student, played by Camila Mendes, and try out being a sugar baby herself.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chandler Levack. How first-time Canadian filmmaker Carly Stone’s rom-com became the toast of SXSW, The Globe and Mail, 2018-03-30. Retrieved on 2019-12-03. “'I had no expectations for SXSW – zero,' says Stone, who is married to a lawyer, loves her dog and works in the writers’ room of the CBC series Kim’s Convenience. 'It’s surreal to have a collective movie-watching experience with your film and a press day. I cried a little bit before it. Now, I’m just so tired. I go to bed pretty early in Toronto and I’ve been going to bed at 3 a.m. Before that, I hadn’t seen midnight in a long time.'” mirror
- ↑ Soniya Gupta. Camila Mendes construed to be a sugar baby in their new movie, Codelist, 2020-05-18. Retrieved on 2022-09-08. “Camila Mendes told in an interview that when she was in college she met many girls that were sugar babies and that each person has their own experience but at the end of the day gets you to think like Carly Stone (the director of the film), touched this point, for Cami the university is very expensive and there are many girls who are realizing that they can get something to change in their appointments.” mirror
- ↑ Kaitlin Reilly. The New Romantic Is A Different Kind Of Rom-Com With All Your Favorite People, Refinery 29, 2018-09-19. Retrieved on 2022-09-08. “Of course, the movie isn't only about Blake finding the right relationship. It's also about her finding herself. Can she figure out what she really wants before the end of her senior year of college? And will she remain, as she puts in her column, a "hopeless romantic," even if she profits from being a sugar baby?” mirror