Splitsville

Take two best friends and two marriages, shake and serve on the rocks with a garnish of irreconcilable differences.

Meek gym teacher Carey (Kyle Marvin) and his wife, life coach Ashley (Adria Arjona, Irma Vep), are driving to the Hamptons to holiday with their wealthy friends. A gruesome car crash along the way, however, manifests a vibe shift for free-spirited Ashley, who immediately demands a divorce. Carey trudges sadly to the glamorous home of asshole property developer Paul (director Michael Angelo Covino) and wry ceramicist Julie (Dakota Johnson, Materialists), who reveal the chalk-and-cheese secret that has kept them together: an open marriage. Ashley, seeing a new way forward, adopts this idea with way too much gusto, leaving Carey to befriend all the new blokes she brings home. Meanwhile, Julie takes a shine to Carey, as Paul’s crooked financial dealings inspire her to contemplate divorce, too.

Covino and Marvin are real-life besties who previously co-scripted and co-starred in Corvino’s 2019 bromantic comedy The Climb. In this Cannes-selected follow-up, they have a ball trashing a Hamptons mansion in cinema’s silliest, most chaotic fight scene in years. Packed with gutbustingly funny moments, this anarchic but affectionate throwback to golden-age screwball romances announces a comedy duo on the rise. announces a comedy duo on the rise.

Splitsville takes unpredictable, joyous and moving paths. With winning performances by the leads, and a fabulous and very funny turn by Nicholas Braun (Succession) as a melancholic mentalist, this is a witty, stylish and risqué rom-com about sex and love in modern times.

Closing Night Film of the Sydney Film Festival | Highlight, Melbourne International Film Festival.

Cannes Première

Opens Luna Leederville + Luna on SX, September 11

First Look screening and silly little date night on Wednesday September 10. For more information visit HERE