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USA 2024 Fiction cor 93 min.

Best friends since childhood, Ben and Jordan are two young men living in a rapidly changing Austin, where they navigate low-paying jobs, fraught relationships, and their own emotionally codependent friendship. After hitting financial rock bottom and suddenly lose their apartment, they come up with a scheme to spend an entire year living “rent free” with the help of friends, family and strangers. They set out on a tragicomic journey across the couches, floors and guest rooms while desperately trying to save up enough money to leave behind a city they no longer recognize and flee for the promised land of New York.

Presented at the Tribeca Film Festival.

USA international film festivals friendship

direction

Fernando Andrés

screenplay

Fernando Andrés, Tyler Rugh

cinematography

Fernando Andrés, Drew Levin

editing

Fernando Andrés

music

Austin Weber

production design

Victoria Elliott

cast

Jacob Roberts, David Treviño, Molly Edelman, Neal Mulani, Sarah J. Bartholomew, Zeke Goodman

production

Fernando Andrés, Jacob Roberts, Temple Baker

co-production

Illyana Bocanegra, Tyler Rugh

produced by

Nice & Easy Pictures

world sales

Visit Films

contact

[email protected]

indicative rating

16