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Monogamy

[2010]
TFF 10
Feature Narrative | 94 min | Encounters
Josh Rothstein
Photos (1)

Synopsis

Thirtysomethings Theo (Chris Messina) and Nat (Rashida Jones) are engaged to be married. They live what seems to be on all counts a comfortable life of love, music, and laughter in their cozy Brooklyn apartment. But Theo is bored with his job as a wedding photographer—the generic backgrounds, the artificial posing, the stilted newlyweds—so he develops the unconventional side business "Gumshoot," a service where clients hire him to secretly stalk them with his camera. When he is called out on a job to snap pics of an exhibitionist mystery woman (Meital Dohan), a simple gig develops into a voyeuristic obsession that forces Theo to confront uncomfortable truths about himself and his impending marriage.

Glowing with pitch-perfect performances by Messina and Jones, the first narrative feature from Oscar®-nominated director Dana Adam Shapiro (Murderball) marries a mystery-thriller with a slice-of-life relationship drama to present a marvelously observed portrait of masculinity in crisis in the face of its own fantasies and fears of commitment.

--Roya Rastegar

About The Director(s)

Dana Adam Shapiro co-directed and produced the Oscar®-nominated documentary Murderball. His animated short My Biodegradable Heart premiered at the Festival in 2007. He is the writer of the upcoming movie Holler and is currently writing the pilot for the new HBO drama Screenz.

Director Statement

The best comment we've received so far is from Todd Bieber, who did some stellar additional editing on the film. After seeing it for the first time, he sat there for a while, silent, then said, in all sincerity: "I gotta go apologize to my girlfriend." I asked him, "for what?" and he said, "everything."

Film Contacts

Publicist
Seth Hyman
42West
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 646 467 9053
Email: seth.hyman@42west.net
Print Source
Jeremy Kotin
JLK Productions LLC
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 646 478 7303
Email: jeremy@jeremykotin.com