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.
Released: Dec 22, 2004
Runtime: 100 minutes
Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Will Ferrell, Jonny Lee Miller, Radha Mitchell, Amanda Peet, Chloë Sevigny
Crew: Stephen Tenenbaum (Executive Producer), Woody Allen (Director), Letty Aronson (Producer), Vilmos Zsigmond (Director of Photography), Alisa Lepselter (Editor), Woody Allen (Screenplay)