Breaking Upwards

2009 American film

Peter Duchan
Daryl Wein
Zoe Lister-Jones

Produced by

Daryl Wein
Zoe Lister-Jones

Starring

Zoe Lister-Jones
Daryl Wein
Julie White
Peter Friedman
Andrea Martin
Pablo Schreiber

CinematographyAlex BergmanEdited byDaryl WeinMusic byKyle Forester

Production
company

Mister Lister

Distributed byIFC Films

Release dates

March 14, 2009 (2009-03-14) (SXSW)
April 2, 2010 (2010-04-02) (United States)

Running time

88 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$15,000Box office$77,389 (United States)^[1]

Breaking Upwards is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Daryl Wein,^[2] starring Zoe Lister-Jones, Wein, Julie White, Peter Friedman, Andrea Martin, and Pablo Schreiber. It explores a 20-something, real-life New York couple battling codependency who intricately strategize their own break-up. Cited as an example of independent film industry sweat equity, the film was shot in Manhattan and Brooklyn on a $15,000 budget.^[3] It premiered at the SXSW Film Festival on March 14, 2009,^[4] and was released simultaneously at New York City's IFC Center and via video on demand on April 2, 2010.^[5]

Cast

Zoe Lister-Jones as Zoe
Daryl Wein as Daryl
Julie White as Joanie
Andrea Martin as Helaine
Peter Friedman as Alan
LaChanze as Maggie
Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Dylan
Olivia Thirlby as Erika
Pablo Schreiber as Turner
Heather Burns as Hannah
Tate Ellington as Brian
Francis Benhamou as Lindsay
David Call as David
Sam Rosen as Jack
Max Jenkins as Frosh
Michael Benjamin as Polyamorist
Will Frears as Will
Matthew Gregory as Polyamorist
Shira Gregory as Polyamorist
Ray Iannicelli
Sondra James
Ashley Lambert as Yoga Girl
Charles Socarides as Nikkos
Michael Warner as Michael
Audrey Wauchope as Audrey Alison, Waitress

Festival screenings

South by Southwest Film Festival (USA; March 2009)
Brooklyn International Film Festival (USA; June 5, 2009)
Athens Film Festival (under title, Doseis horismou) (Greece; September 19, 2009)
Titanic International Filmpresence Festival (under title, Szép kis szakítás) (Hungary; April 11, 2010)
Leiden International Film Festival (Netherlands; October 26, 2010)

References

^ "Breaking Upwards (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
^ "Breaking Upwards – Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. October 14, 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
^ Rohter, Larry (March 26, 2010). "Sweat Equity, the Movie". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 8, 2010.
^ "Film Festival Schedule – Saturday March 14th". SXSW. Archived from the original on March 17, 2009. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
^ Scheib, Ronnie (March 31, 2009). "Breaking Upwards". Variety. Retrieved June 28, 2020.