Chi Girl

Chi Girl (1999)

This offbeat comedy about love and romance won writer, director and actress Heidi Van Lier top honors a Grand Jury Prize at the 1999 Slamdance Film Festival. Heather Green (Van Lier) is a journalist with an alternative newspaper in Chicago who is obsessed with her ex-boyfriend. Randy (Joe Kraemer) is in turn obsessed with Heather. A would-be documentary filmmaker, Randy constantly films her, sometimes without her knowledge. When Heather takes up a challenge from Randy and announces she can seduce the next man she meets, her desperation makes it clear she's had bad luck with men for a very good reason. When Heather finally does meet the man of her dreams, a good-looking attorney named Cliff

Date of release
1999-01-25
TMDB
4.2 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Heidi Van Lier

Casting

Interesting facts

Chi Girl is a 1999 black-and-white mockumentary produced, directed, written by, and starring Heidi Van Lier. The story follows Heather, an unlikable woman who makes a bet with a filmmaker that she can sleep with any man she wants at any time. The film was shown at a number of film festivals including Slamdance Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, New York Underground Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, and Chicago Alt.film Festival. Chi Girl was low-budget and was made on less than $50,000, which Van Lier borrowed from her mother.

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