It eventually grossed $3,288,164 in the US and $418,488 in foreign markets for a total worldwide box office of $3,706,652. There, it opened on nine screens, earning $89,499 and ranking #34 on its opening weekend. The film premiered at the 2001 Venice Film Festival and was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival, the MIFED Film Market in Italy, the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, the Hong Kong International Film Festival, the San Francisco International Film Festival and the Wisconsin Film Festival before going into limited release in the United States. I was that person who only saw good things around me and then, of course, after getting mugged, I sort of changed my opinion of human beings." The character of Beatrice is based on Sprecher's experiences when she moved to Manhattan following college graduation: " Clea Duvall's character is very autobiographical. The plot was inspired in part by events in Jill Sprecher's life, including two muggings and a subway assault. The script was completed before Jill's directorial debut Clockwatchers was released in 1997, but due to a lack of funding the film took over three years to make. The Sprecher sisters scripted Thirteen Conversations About One Thing over the course of eight weeks. College physics professor Walker, trying to cope with a midlife crisis, becomes romantically involved with a colleague, an infidelity his wife Patricia is forced to face when his wallet, stolen in a mugging, is mailed to their home and she discovers incriminating evidence inside it.
Mid-level insurance claims manager Gene, unable to cope with his son's downward spiral into drug addiction, is rankled by an unrelentingly cheerful staff member and suffers pangs of regret after firing him without just cause. Set in New York City, the story revolves around ambitious district attorney Troy, who is stricken with guilt following a hit and run accident in which he injures Beatrice, an idealistic cleaning woman who, forced to reassess her life during her recuperation, finds herself thinking more like her cynical co-worker Dorrie. The film is divided into 13 vignettes, each prefaced by an aphorism. The screenplay by Sprecher and her sister Karen focuses on five seemingly disparate individuals in search of happiness whose paths intersect in ways that unexpectedly affect their lives. Thirteen Conversations About One Thing is a 2001 American drama film directed by Jill Sprecher.
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