When 13-year-old Jake’s (Theo Taplitz) grandfather dies, his family moves from Manhattan back into his father’s old Brooklyn home. There, Jake befriends the charismatic Tony (Michael Barbieri), whose single mother Leonor (Paulina Garcia), a dressmaker from Chile, runs the shop downstairs. Soon, Jake’s parents Brian (Greg Kinnear), a struggling actor, and Kathy (Jennifer Ehle), a psychotherapist, ask Leonor to sign a new, steeper lease on her store. For Leonor, the proposed new rent is untenable, and a feud ignites between the adults.
At first, Jake and Tony don’t seem to notice; the two boys, so different on the surface, begin to develop a formative kinship as they discover the pleasures of being young in Brooklyn. Jake aspires to be an artist, while Tony wants to be an actor, and they have dreams of going to the same prestigious arts high school together. But the children can’t avoid the problems of their parents forever, and soon enough, the adult conflict intrudes upon the borders of their friendship.
Directed by Ira Sachs with his trademark humanism and insight, Little Men highlights the New York City landscape with a story of life-defining friendships in the midst of familial turmoil. The film was written by Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias. It stars Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Alfred Molina, Paulina Garcia and upcoming young American actors Michael Barbieri and Theo Taplitz.
Little Men will get its UK premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on the 22nd and 23rd of June as part of the directors showcase strand. It will then be on general release in September.
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