Honeymoon will be released on VOD and theatrically Sept 12th
Leigh Janiak the writer director of Honeymoon described the film below:
I
wanted to tell an intimate, grounded genre story. I was inspired by Polanski’s
paranoid thrillers where the horror gnaws from within. Paul and Bea share an
intimacy that only couples can. They know each other’s minds. They know each
other’s bodies. Their emotional endurance is tested as the narrative explores
how far love can be pushed when it’s tortured and under attack.
Rose
Leslie and Harry Treadaway hadn’t met prior to being cast, but their talents
created an on-screen relationship that reflects the nuance of a couple who has
known each other for years. The chemistry they share as Bea and Paul is imbued
with youthful energy and desperate fear.
HONEYMOON is an
exploration of how the familiar can become alien. There should be a sense of
impending doom bubbling under everything—contamination creeping into every
scene, a slow-rotting, spoiling sensation. When you’re walking home from the
theatre with a friend, when you climb into bed next to your partner, hopefully
there’s a nagging: Who is this person next to me?
Leigh
Janiak’s first obsession with movies grew after becoming particularly enamored
with THE GOONIES. Using her parents’ VHS camcorder, she spent her childhood in
suburban Cleveland creating and filming sketches and then starring in and
directing plays as the president of her high school theatre troupe. She
attended undergraduate at NYU, where she focused on creative writing and
comparative religion, studying abroad in Germany and Israel. She then attended
graduate school at the University of Chicago, enrolled in a doctoral program in
modern Jewish studies with an emphasis on violence and identity in post–World
War II Hebrew literature. In Chicago, her passion for filmmaking was reignited
by Fire Escape Films, a community of student filmmakers. After working on numerous
short films and experimenting with Super 16 and old-school Moviola editing, she
ultimately abandoned her PhD and moved to Los Angeles to pursue film full time.
In
Los Angeles, Leigh worked at Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company, Appian
Way, and at Misher Films in both development and production.
Leigh
and her writing partner, Phil Graziadei, met as undergraduates at NYU. They’ve
been friends for over a decade and writing partners since 2005. They’ve written
numerous feature films together. HONEYMOON
is Leigh's feature film directing debut.
The Trailer
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