Exclusive The Planters Trailer For 1091 Pictures’ New Dark Comedy

Exclusive The Planters Trailer For 1091 Pictures' New Dark Comedy

Exclusive The Planters Trailer For 1091 Pictures’ New Dark Comedy

ComingSoon.net is debuting the exclusive trailer for 1091 Pictures’ The Planters, a dark comedy written, directed, starring, and crewed by Alexandra Kotcheff and Hannah Leder. You can check out the trailer now in the player below!

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The Planters follows Martha Plant (Kotcheff), an awkward telemarketer who’s down and out– sucking at her job and grieving her recently deceased parents. When she finds unlikely friendship in Sadie Mayflower (Leder), a bubbly vagrant with multiple personalities, Martha discovers having three friends in one may be more than she bargained for. The film’s cast is rounded out by New York theater actor Phil Parolisi, and cinema veteran Pepe Serna (Scarface, Downsizing) in supporting roles.

The film was produced by Kotcheff, Leder, and Jacqueline Beiro, who served as an off-set producer under Kotcheff’s banner Fire Tiger Films, a production company focused on auteur-driven films. 1091 Pictures acquired the film for a North American release. The debut feature film from the longtime friends and directing duo is planned to hit virtual theaters on October 9, followed by a rollout on digital and on-demand December 8.

“‘The Planters’ is a farcical love letter to our friendship, and we are over the moon to team up with 1091 Pictures for its release. Our film is really about a group of isolated, lonely people who find connection and meaning through one another. Living in the times we are in now, it feels more apropos than ever to be releasing it into the world,”said the filmmakers.

Kotcheff and Leder shot for 127 days entirely without an on-set crew and in isolation, save for trips to the local supermarket, a bike shop, and gas stations for lengthy drives to remote desert locations. Assuming all on-set roles, including but not limited to cinematography, production design, costumes, and hair & make-up, Kotcheff and Leder may have very well found a loophole in the filming concerns productions currently face in the Covid-19 landscape.

“Alexandra and Hannah are trailblazers when it comes to DIY filmmaking. With their debut feature Kotcheff and Leder have established their unique voice through stunning visuals and comedic storytelling. There isn’t anything else like this on the market and I am thrilled to work with such talented filmmakers,”added Lev Avery-Peck of 1091 Pictures.

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After being named a recipient of the 2019 Women in Film Finishing Fund grant, The Planters swept up awards at nearly every film festival attended. Accolades include Raindance Film Festival’s Film of the Festival, Austin Film Festival’s Comedy Vanguard Jury and Audience Awards, Nashville Film Festival’s Best of the Fest Audience Award, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Song, San Francisco Independent Film Festival’s Narrative Feature Jury Prize, Omaha Film Festival Feature film Honorable Mention, Fargo Film Festival’s Best in Show Award for Best Directors, and Cleveland International Film Festival’s Honorable Mention for Originality and Vision in the New Direction Competition.

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