EXCLUSIVE: Julia Eringer‘s function directorial debut Paring has discovered its solid.
Written by Eringer and Heather McCallum, the pair stars of their psychedelic romantic-comedy alongside Alexandra Billings (Clear, By no means Have I Ever, The Conners), Devin Means (Queer as Folks, Gray’s Anatomy, Sistas) and Scott Turner Schofield (The Idol, The Blacklist).
Paring stars Eringer and McCallum as a married couple who visits an outdated buddy for the weekend to satisfy her fiancé, who feels uncannily acquainted. The 4 drink just a little—or rather a lot—of psilocybin tea in a ceremony supposed to unite them, however as secrets and techniques unravel, the foursome spirals, tumbling into wounds of the previous till everyone seems to be laid naked.
“I needed to make a movie in regards to the wild, tender chaos of affection,” mentioned Eringer in an announcement. “About marriage, partnership and loving individuals by way of transitions. Paring is a private narrative I’ve been engaged on with co-writer Heather McCallum for over a decade — the script advanced together with us by way of marriages, the births of 4 kids and plenty of classes of {couples} remedy, a few of them ‘different.’
“With my roots in indie movie appearing, stepping behind the digicam for this intimate story felt inevitable. Paring isn’t simply my function debut, it’s a love letter to the complexity of partnership and the unusual, stunning alchemy of staying when the whole lot inside tells you to run,” she added.
McCallum referred to as the movie “our ardour venture and my North Star for over 10 years,” including: “The script has been a residing, respiration factor, rising and increasing as Julia and I’ve grown as ladies, turn out to be moms and navigated the complexities of relationships and friendships.
“On the core, it’s a story about loving one another by way of the attractive and heartbreaking realities of being human, the patterns we fall into, the battles inside ourselves and the societal expectations of gender roles,” added McCallum. “To have it turn out to be a actuality with this unimaginable solid and crew together with my expensive buddy Mary Rohlich is past a dream come true. And to inform this story at this second in time feels extra vital than ever.”
Eringer, McCallum, Rohlich and Schofield function producers on the movie, with co-producers Brienne Rose and Cookie Walukas, in addition to government producers Means, Susan Moulton, Mary Pat Bentel and Jett Garrison.
