Novel Romance (2006)

Director:

Emily Skopov

Writer (WGA):

Emily Skopov (written by)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Love isn't always by the book.

Plot:

Max Normane is the kind of woman that some less creative individuals might refer to as a "Type A" personality...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Editor | Mother | Writer | Sperm Donor

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Traci Lords	...	Max Normane
Paul Johansson	...	Jake Buckley
Sherilyn Fenn	...	Liza Normane Stewart
Mariette Hartley	...	Marty McCall
Jacqueline Piñol	...	Isabelle
Mikaila Baumel	...	Four-Year-Old Emma
Pia Artesona	...	Rita Ramirez
Kamall Shaikh	...	Hot Guy At Beach
Thomas Kim	...	Delivery Guy
Emily Skopov	...	Mom with Epiphany Baby / Expecting Mother
Wendy Fowler	...	Jake's Random Pop (as Wendy Rae Fowler)
Wyatt Skopov-Normane	...	Max's Epiphany Baby
Jake Fennoy	...	Homeless Guy
Andrew Morgano	...	Fantasy Sperm Bank Narrator (voice)
Claudia Choi	...	Fantasy Clinic Nurse

Also Known As:

Farewell to Raskolnikov's (USA) (working title)
Novel Romance (Canada: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content and language.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:M18 | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Raskolnikov Productions

Quotes:

Max Normane: I noticed that there are no women in this unpublished story. Do you have mother issues or something?
Jake Buckley: Well, I know enough not to want to sleep with her.

A witty, romantic comedy that tackles contemporary issues of career, marriage, childbearing and parenting.

Novel Romance is a witty, clever romantic comedy that was a huge crowd-pleaser at the LaFemme Film Festival in Los Angeles. It tackles contemporary issues of career/marriage/childbearing and parenting with an original twist. Can Max Normane find fulfillment both as a successful professional woman and as a single mother? And how is she to accomplish that when men and sex have taken backseat roles in this driven and zany woman's life? Traci Lords shows wonderful comedic ability as Max, and Paul Johanssen's sex-appeal oozes through the disheveled facade of character Jake Buckley, aka unsuccessful writer--starving, but too proud to "compromise" his talents. Where have Lords and Johanssen been until now? Their chemistry lights up the screen. Great supporting performances by Sherilynn Fenn and Mariette Hartley. Writer/director/producer Emily Skopov has accomplished an enormous feat in her very first feature film. She has gone beyond cliché to present real people with real needs in our very complex society where modern choices do not always trump age-old instincts of human behavior.