Poster from TMDB
Blue Valentine
Sign in to save2010 film by Derek Cianfrance
OverviewAI-generated
Blue Valentine is a 2010 romance and drama film written and directed by Derek Cianfrance, with cinematography by Andrij Parekh and music by Grizzly Bear. The cast includes Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, John Doman, and Mike Vogel, and the story is set in New York City and Pennsylvania. Filmed in New York City and distributed by The Weinstein Company, it was made on a budget of $1 million and grossed $15,440,333. Running 112 minutes, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Synthesized by Vinony from 35 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, TMDb, IMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Film · TMDB
7.0Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.
Cast
- Ryan Gosling as Dean
- Michelle Williams as Cindy
- John Doman as Jerry
- Mike Vogel as Bobby
- Ben Shenkman as Dr. Feinberg
- Jen Jones as Gramma
Themes
- depression
- dancing
- nurse
- pennsylvania, usa
- love at first sight
- pregnancy
- classroom
- marriage
- bridge
- dysfunctional family
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Key facts
- Directed by
- Derek Cianfrance
- Written by
- Derek Cianfrance Joey Curtis Cami Delavigne
- Produced by
- Lynette Howell Alex Orlovsky Jamie Patricof
- Starring
- Ryan Gosling Michelle Williams
- Cinematography
- Andrij Parekh
- Edited by
- Jim Helton Ron Patane
- Music by
- Grizzly Bear
- Production companies
- Hunting Lane Films Silverwood Films
- Distributed by
- The Weinstein Company
- Release dates
- January 24, 2010 ( 2010-01-24 ) ( Sundance ) May 18, 2010 ( 2010-05-18 ) ( Cannes ) December 29, 2010 ( 2010-12-29 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 112 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1 million
- Box office
- $16.6 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- erotic film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Derek Cianfrance
- Screenwriter
- Derek Cianfrance
- Composer
- Grizzly Bear
- Cinematographer
- Andrij Parekh
- Narrative location
- Pennsylvania
- Filming location
- New York City
- Duration
- 112
- FilmAffinity ID
- 358071
- Official website
- bluevalentinemovie.com
Show 6 more facts
- title
- Blue Valentine
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 81/100
- capital cost
- 1000000
- box office
- 9706328
- publication date
- 2011-08-04
Sources (15)
via Wikidata · CC0
~14 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Blue Valentine is a 2010 American romantic drama film directed by Derek Cianfrance and co-written by Cianfrance, Joey Curtis, and Cami Delavigne. Starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, the film follows the dysfunctional relationship between Dean (Gosling) and Cindy (Williams) as they struggle to raise their daughter, juxtaposing the beginnings of their romance with the eventual decline of their marriage several years later.
Blue Valentine premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2010, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize, and was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2010. The film was theatrically released in the United States on December 29, 2010, to widespread acclaim, with particular praise for Gosling's and Williams' performances. It was also a box office success, grossing $16.6 million against its $1 million production budget.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blue Valentine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.