Deragh Campbell in Canadian RomCom ‘Matt and Mara’ Official Trailer
by Alex Billington
August 26, 2024
Source: YouTube
“They go away and you still have to live your own life…” The Cinema Guild in NYC has revealed an official trailer for an indie film titled Matt and Mara, an unconventional and awkward romantic comedy made by acclaimed filmmaker Kazik Radwanski. This premiered at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival earlier in the year, and it also played at the Melbourne Film Festival in Australia. A young professor struggles in her marriage, only to meet Matt, a friend from her past who wanders onto her university campus. When Mara’s husband unexpectedly cancels plans to drive her to an out-of-town conference, Matt accompanies Mara on the trip instead. Along the way, the tension surrounding their undefined relationship slowly grows… The film stars Deragh Campbell (who was also in Kazik Radwanski’s last film Anne at 13,000 Ft) and Matt Johnson (also known as the director of BlackBerry and other great Canadian films). In a world of cheesy romcoms, here’s one that is so honest & so real, and so unlike most other films out there. Highly recommend this one.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Kazik Radwanski’s Matt and Mara, direct from YouTube:
A chance encounter leads Mara (Deragh Campbell), a young creative writing professor, to reunite with Matt (Matt Johnson), a charismatic, free-spirited author from her past who wanders onto her university campus. Bonded by their shared interests, the two begin to grow closer as she contends with her strained marriage to an experimental musician. When her husband cancels plans to drive Mara to a conference out of town, Matt accompanies her on the road trip, where the pressure slowly mounts against their undefined relationship. Matt and Mara is directed by the acclaimed Canadian indie filmmaker Kazik Radwanski, director of the films Tower, How Heavy This Hammer, and Anne at 13,000 Ft previously, plus many other short films. The screenplay is also written by Kazik Radwanski, from a story by Samantha Chater. Produced by Dan Montgomery and Candice Napoleone. This first premiered at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival. Cinema Guild debuts Matt and Mara in select US theaters starting on September 13th, 2024 this fall. Look good?
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