2 weeks Ago By Glenn Garner
EXCLUSIVE: Julia Eringer ‘s feature directorial debut Paring has found its cast. Written by Eringer and Heather McCallum , the pair stars in their psychedelic romantic-comedy alongside Alexandra Billings ( Transparent , Never Have I Ever , The Conners ), Devin Way ( Queer as Folk , Grey’s Anatomy , Sistas ) and Scott Turner Schofield ( The Idol , The Blacklist ). Paring stars Eringer and McCallum as a married couple who visits an old friend for the weekend to meet her fiancé, who feels uncannily familiar.
The four drink a little—or a lot—of psilocybin tea in a ceremony intended to unite them, but as secrets unravel, the foursome spirals, tumbling into wounds of the past until everyone is laid bare. Related Stories ‘Halloween Store’: Lindy Booth, Sydney Park, Grace Van Dien, Jorge Lendeborg Jr. & Drew Ray Tanner Round Out Cast Sadie Soverall & Havana Rose Liu To Star In Fantasy Thriller ‘I Am A Monster’ For Iconoclast, Film4, Madants & Mid March; AGC & CAA Media Finance Launch For Cannes “I wanted to make a film about the wild, tender chaos of love,” said Eringer in a statement.
“About marriage, partnership and loving people through transitions. Paring is a personal narrative I’ve been working on with co-writer Heather McCallum for over a decade — the script evolved along with us through marriages, the births of four children and many sessions of couples therapy, some of them ‘alternative.’ Watch on Deadline “With my roots in indie film acting, stepping behind the camera for this intimate story felt inevitable.
Paring isn’t just my feature debut, it’s a love letter to the complexity of partnership and the strange, beautiful alchemy of staying when everything inside tells you to run,” she added. McCallum called the film “our passion project and my North Star for over 10 years,” adding: “The script has been a living, breathing thing, growing and expanding as Julia and I have grown as women, become mothers and navigated the complexities of relationships and friendships. “At the core, it is a story about loving each other through the beautiful and heartbreaking realities of being human, the patterns we fall into, the battles within ourselves and the societal expectations of gender roles,” added McCallum.
“To have it become a reality with this incredible cast and crew along with my dear friend Mary Rohlich is beyond a dream come true. And to tell this story at this moment in time feels more important than ever.” Eringer, McCallum, Rohlich and Schofield serve as producers on the film, with co-producers Brienne Rose and Cookie Walukas, as well as executive producers Way, Susan Moulton, Mary Pat Bentel and Jett Garrison.
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