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BAND AID

By Zoe LISTER-JONES

Comedy - Completed 2016

Festivals
& Awards

Sundance Film Festival 2017

U.S. Dramatic

- Year of production
- 2016
- Genres
- Comedy
- Countries
- USA
- Duration
- 91 mn
- Director(s)
- Zoe LISTER-JONES
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-91AD-0000-S-0000-0000-R
- Synopsis
- Married couple Anna and Ben fight constantly. It doesn’t help that they’ve each come to a standstill in their careers, or that, together, they’ve suffered a heartbreak neither wants to face. But one day they come up with a brilliant idea they actually agree on: Why not start a band and use their arguments as songwriting inspiration? Almost as soon as they dig out their old electric guitars from the garage, their musical partnership starts to jell, but it soon becomes apparent this is only a temporary distraction from their real problems.
  
  Debut feature director Zoe Lister-Jones, who also writes and stars in Band Aid, offers an honest, intelligent, and hilarious perspective on modern relationships. Carefully observed and cleverly conceived, the film hinges on the undeniable chemistry between Adam Pally and Lister-Jones—not to mention they make a delightful indie pop duo (along with Fred Armisen on drums). Together they create a moving and comedic portrayal of a couple in denial of their pain, and who have to heal separately in order to move forward.