Criterion Collection Year 2010 Theatrical Release 2010-11-12 Video Release 2012-02-14 Studio Image International Genre Drama MPAA Rating Not Rated Color Color Runtime 99 Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis Lena Dunham got her start making YouTube videos, but she emerged as a major talent thanks to the breakthrough success of this exceptionally sharp comedy, which garnered the twenty-four-year-old writer-director-actor comparisons to the likes of Woody Allen. The filmmaker herself plays Aura, a recent college graduate who returns to New York and moves back in with her mother and sister played by their real-life counterparts . Though Aura is gripped by stasis and confusion about her future, Dunham locates endless sources of refreshing humor in her plight. As painfully confessional as it is endlessly amusing, TINY FURNITURE is an authentic, incisive portrait of a young woman at a crossroads. Director Lena Dunham Cast Lena Dunham; Lena Dunham; Laurie Simmons; Grace Dunham; Rachel Howe; Merritt Wever; Amy Seimetz; Alex Karpovsky; David Call; Jemima Kirke; Sarah Sophie Flicker