亚历克斯·沃尔夫(《勇敢者游戏》《恐袭波士顿》)将执导个人首部电影长片《猫与月亮》(The Cat and the Moon),他自己编写剧本并担任主演,卡司还包括米莎·巴顿、迈克·艾普斯(《星路多懊悔》《生化危机3》)、斯凯勒·吉桑多(《小镇滋味》《博物馆奇妙夜3》)、斯蒂芬妮娅·欧文(《可爱的骨头》《凯莉日记》)、汤米·尼尔森(《月升王国》)等。
讲述青少年尼克(沃尔夫)来到纽约,与已故父亲的爵士音乐家朋友卡尔(艾普斯)暂时居住在一起,他的母亲在康复中心生活。在此期间,尼克结交了一群朋友,见识到了纽约的多样性。巴顿饰演Jessica Petersen,吉桑多饰演Seamus,欧文饰演Eliza,尼尔森饰演Russell。
Facing a long winter of lockdown and combating a bad case of writer’s block, filmmaker Eric agrees to get a dog with his girlfriend Allie. A modern couple – vegan, ethical, millennial, neurotic – much research and negotiation leads to the arrival of Milly, a rescue from the Dominican Republic. This sets off a riotous chain of new challenges on how to best deal with this addition to the household. As Eric contends with a sinister dog-training programme, his introspection spills out onto his film work, with poor Allie and Milly taken along for the ride. The couple each pursue their own deepheld individual questions surrounding trust, purpose and roots, while wrestling with the idea of what it means to be a modern family. Milly, in the meantime, has a lot on her paws with these two!
Part rom-com, part rescue-dog story, part autofiction, part self-indictment, part family scrapbook, this debut feature was made with remarkable economy and displays a disquieting amount of (often hilarious) emotional authenticity. Filmmaker Ben Petrie and creative collaborator Grace Glowicki play the young couple and in doing so, capture nothing less than what it means to be human.