Breaking Upwards Explained
Breaking Upwards |
Director: | Daryl Wein |
Music: | Kyle Forester |
Cinematography: | Alex Bergman |
Editing: | Daryl Wein |
Studio: | Mister Lister |
Distributor: | IFC Films |
Runtime: | 88 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Budget: | $15,000 |
Gross: | $77,389 (United States)[1] |
Breaking Upwards is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Daryl Wein,[2] starring Zoe Lister-Jones, Wein, Julie White, Peter Friedman, Andrea Martin, and Pablo Schreiber. It explores a 20-something, real-life New York couple battling codependency who intricately strategize their own break-up. Cited as an example of independent film industry sweat equity, the film was shot in Manhattan and Brooklyn on a $15,000 budget.[3] It premiered at the SXSW Film Festival on March 14, 2009,[4] and was released simultaneously at New York City's IFC Center and via video on demand on April 2, 2010.[5]
Festival screenings
- South by Southwest Film Festival (USA; March 2009)
- Brooklyn International Film Festival (USA; June 5, 2009)
- Athens Film Festival (under title, Doseis horismou) (Greece; September 19, 2009)
- Titanic International Filmpresence Festival (under title, Szép kis szakítás) (Hungary; April 11, 2010)
- Leiden International Film Festival (Netherlands; October 26, 2010)
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Breaking Upwards (2009) . . June 28, 2020.
- Web site: Breaking Upwards – Film Review . . October 14, 2010 . June 28, 2020.
- Web site: Rohter . Larry . Sweat Equity, the Movie . . March 26, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100408071707/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/movies/28breaking.html . April 8, 2010.
- Web site: Film Festival Schedule – Saturday March 14th . . June 28, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090317200112/http://sxsw.com/film/screenings/schedule/?a=day&s=2009-03-14 . March 17, 2009.
- Web site: Scheib . Ronnie . Breaking Upwards . . March 31, 2009 . June 28, 2020.