BOY MEETS GIRL, starring newcomer Michelle Hendley, a transgender girl from Missouri in her first role, opens in theaters in February.
BOY MEETS GIRL opens in New York at the Village East on February 6, expands to Gaslamp 15 in San Diego, The Angelika in Washington DC, the Latchis Theater in Brattleboro, VT on February 13th and the Noho 7 in Los Angeles on February 27th.
BOY MEETS GIRL stars newcomer Michelle Hendley, a transgender girl from Missouri in her first role, and Michael Welch who most will remember from the popular Twilight film series. Michelle Hendley, the person at the center of the story was initially spotted on YouTube by director Eric Schaeffer (My Life Is In Turnaround, If Lucy Fell, and Fall). Schaeffer, who wrote and directed the romantic comedy, contacted Hendley out of the blue and brought her out to Los Angeles for an audition. The startled Hendley agreed only after Schaeffer spoke to her parents to convince them he was legit.
BOY MEETS GIRL is a poignant coming of age comedy about three twenty-somethings living in rural Kentucky. Robby (Michael Welch, Twilight) is a car mechanic, Ricky (Michelle Hendley) is a gorgeous transgender girl working in a coffee shop and Francesca (Alexandra Turshen) is a beautiful debutante.
Lamenting the lack of eligible bachelors in her small rural town, Ricky finds herself attracted to Francesca when the two meet in the coffee shop. Ricky and Francesca strike up a friendship, and maybe a little more, which forces Robby to face his true feelings for Ricky. The story is further complicated when Francesca’s Marine fiancé Michael (Michael Galante) returns from overseas.
BOY MEETS GIRL arrives just as another transgender story has struck a national chord in the media. The sad story of Leelah Alcorn* only increases the need for a deeper conversation about gender and orientation which this film presents to the larger media. The film presents a positive sex/human story in our pop culture which crosses all gender and orientation lines.
BOY MEETS GIRL will begin its platform theatrical release on February 6 with a VOD release expected on April 6. The film is distributed by Wolfe Releasing and the commercial release of the film follows a successful domestic and international film festival run where it received dozens of awards, critical reviews and legions of ardent fans and landed on three of the top thirty Films of The Year lists.