Immediately the liveliest midnight post at 2025 Sundance Film Festival after a rough, packed premiere on eccles, “together” puts Real couples Alison Brie and Dave Franco through the emotional and physical winger. Written and directed by Michael Shanks as a body body satire of his own relationship with relationships-especially a long-term with his own partner-the skin crawling, not-for-Squeamish indie tars brie and franco as spouses as spouses as spouses as spouses give a brand new, Grotesque importance for the idea of co -dependency.
In the film, Tim (Franco) and Millie (Brie) move from the city to the countryside after she has taken a new job teaching at an elementary school. When a mysterious cave in the forest is there, a mysterious cave in the forest reveals a supernatural water source that draws them closer and in the Lovecraftian body pictures.
Shanks, Brie and Franco joined the IndieWire studio as presented by Dropbox on 2025 Sundance Film Festival To talk about their new film starts with whether the buzzing horror title (which contains lots of sex, distorted limbs and creeping skin) tested Brie and Franco’s actual marriage.
“I think we thought it could (test our relationship) more than it did,” Brie said. “We went to know that Dave because of the film’s intimate nature and how much time we would spend together, even if we have worked together before, Dave likes to say that we would come out of it either be divorced or become more co -dependent than ever. “
“It was the latter,” Franco said, who Previously, Brie directed in the horror movie “The Rental” And the 2023 romance “Someone I used to know.” “This was like the most complete thing we’ve ever done together. We are very picky about what we choose to do, especially when we are on the screen together, just because we do not want to burn people on us. “
“Or have it to be distracting,” Brie said. “The fact that we are a real pair of fuel the viewer’s experience of looking at it.”
Franco pointed out that the production, who shot in Melbourne even though he was sitting in New York State, had only 21 days. “Every day there was either a heavy prosthesis or really intense stunt sequences. We had to know that we would probably only get one or two taking per installation, ”Franco said.
Does the actors struggle to separate their personal and professional lives, go to a set and go home together? “None. Fortunately, our relationship is much healthier than the couple in the films, so it was not difficult to leave their relationship on set,” Brie said.
Franco added: “When we are in place for this movie, we really live and breathe it, and we are okay with the movie being our life. But when we are at home and write something together, we have to set boundaries so that we not just talk about work. “
“And when he says” we “have to set boundaries, he says” I “have to set boundaries because David would only continue writing for a second of the day, brushing his teeth, on the way to falling asleep.”
“Together” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2025. It is currently looking for US distribution.
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