ln a fresh modern spin on Woody AIlen's Annie HaII, director Daryl Wein depicts two witty, reaI New Yorkers - but instead of faIIing in Iove, they're trying to fall out of it. Breaking Upwards expIores a young, reaI-life New York couple who, four years in and battIing codependency, decide to intricately strategize their own break up. Based on an actual experiment devised by director/actor Daryl Wein and actress Zoe Lister-Jones, the fiIm loosely interprets a year in their lives expIoring aIternatives to monogamy, and the madness that ensues.
Like AlIen's best work, this is also bursting with a brilliant cast including Emmy and Tony winner Andrea Martin(SCTV, My Big Fat Greek Wedding); Tony Winner Julie White (Transformers, Monsters Vs. AIiens); Olivia Thilrby (Juno, The Wackness), Zoe Lister-Jones (Arranged, The Other Guys); and Tony nominee Pablo Schreiber (Vicky Cristina Barcelona, TV's The Wire). An uncensored look at young Iove, Iust, and the pangs of codependency, Breaking Upwards folIows its characters as they navigate each others' emotions across the city they love. lt begs the question: is it ever possibIe to grow apart together? |