101 minutes – Drama, Biography
Language: English
Festival release date: February 20, 2020 (Berlin International Film Festival)
Release date: March 5, 2021
Production companies: micro_scope, Parallel Films
Canadian distributor: Mongrel Media, Métropole Films (Quebec)

Based on the autobiographical 
book by Joanna Smith Rakoff and set in New York City in the late ‘90s, Joanna is played by Margaret Qualley (pictured above), a young aspiring writer who lands a day job at renowned author J.D. Salinger’s literary agency.  While her eccentric, old-fashioned boss Margaret tasks her to process Salinger’s voluminous fan mail, Joanna struggles to find her own voice. My Salinger Year is writer-director Philippe Falardeau’s third feature in English.

Also see: Northernstars reviews My Salinger Year. Also see: My Salinger Year to Open 2020 Berlinale.