Indie Film News

The Obvious Pair; Holm & Gillian Robespierre Prepare Divorce Proceedings at Oddlot

Published on April 29, 2014

Among those crowned as the new indie queens at this year’s Sundance, writing/director Gillian Robespierre and writer/producer Elisabeth Holm will, according to TheWrap, be teaming once again on an untitled divorce comedy for OddLot Entertainment — the two film per year production company that really mixes up its focus (from the gender-friendly perfection in Drive to the tonally bizarre The Way Way Back to upcoming films such as Jon Stewart’s captured journalist drama Rosewater to search for gold Mortdecai.

Gist: Set in New York City, this follows the lives of three women.

Worth Noting: A24 will be releasing Robespierre’s debut, Obvious Child on June 6th.

Do We Care?: In our rundown of Sundance’s best new voice, our Caitlin Coder underlines that “however uncomfortable it may be praising Obvious Child for breaking new ground in 2014, the film does just that.” Perhaps this comedy will carry some of that same DNA.

Related Topics:Elisabeth Holm, Gillian Robespierre, Obvious Child, U.S. Indie Film

Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).