Isabel Hagen is giving off Greta Gerwig vibes. On a String is sort of like Frances Ha, if it were in color, if Frances were a violist instead of a dancer, if she went to Juilliard, and if she still lived at home with her parents.
A young, Juilliard-trained violist is still living at home with her parents in the heart of NYC, while trying to make a living playing gigs with her friends in the homes of strangers.
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Isabel Hagen is giving off Greta Gerwig vibes. On a String is sort of like Frances Ha, if it were in color, if Frances were a violist instead of a dancer, if she went to Juilliard, and if she still lived at home with her parents.
Maybe one of the best man with guitar sequences i’ve seen.I PA’d this! ❤️❤️
Isabel Hagen’s directorial debut is funny, sharp, and beautifully realized. An exciting debut from an extremely promising talent!! Really loved all the shots of scrunched up faces playing viola/violin, somehow felt like that scrunched face was the heart of the whole movie The audience was eating up every punch line and I really found myself invested in the emotional side of everything as well, check this one out!Tribeca 2025
A young, Juilliard-trained violist living at home in New York tries to make a living playing freelance gigs in the homes of strangers.
It was directed by Isabel Hagen in 2025 as a feature debut exploring the awkward realities of a classical musician.
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