Day Out of Days (film)
Day Out of Days is a 2015 American drama film directed by Zoe Cassavetes and co-written by Cassavetes and Alexia Landeau, who also starred in the film. In addition to Landeau the film also starred Bellamy Young, Eddie Izzard and Alessandro Nivola. It premiered at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival to mixed reviews.
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| Directed by | Zoe Cassavetes |
| Written by | Zoe Cassavetes Alexia Landeau |
| Starring | Alexia Landeau Christa B. Allen Melanie Griffith Eddie Izzard |
| Music by | Scratch Massive |
| Cinematography | Denise Milford |
| Edited by | Michael Mees |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Mia Roarke, an actress, is on a personal and professional high after appearing in a successful period piece Wild Sunset and getting engaged to her co-star, Liam.
10 years later, Mia is divorced from Liam and is struggling to book roles. Her agent gets her an audition with director Dag, who auditions her in a hotel room where he encourages her to take coke and forces her into the bathroom to take a shower. Leaving the hotel she runs into Liam who drives her home. She congratulates him on his engagement to a model, Elle, though in return he tells her that their engagement is by no means assured.
Mia's neighbour Charlotte "Charlie" Riley books a pilot and helps to arrange an audition for Mia who learns that the role is to play Charlie's character's mother.
Her friend, Jen, sets her up with a recovering alcoholic who does pools and ends up insulting during the course of their date, telling her she's not as attractive as she once was.
Mia's auditions for Charlie's pilot goes well and she begins to think that she has the role. After a day being gifted free clothing and accessories under the assumption that she has the role her agent calls her with the news that ultimately she didn't get it.
On reshoots for a zombie thriller movie Mia fights with her director, Tark, on how to shoot a car crash scene. When she tells him she doesn't understand the point of yelling during a scene he humiliates her by insulting her career and her love life. A dejected Mia gives in and does the scene his way.
Mia goes to meet her agent who hints that after 20 years of working together their relationship might be coming to a close. She afterwards has dinner with her mother and former manager who still keeps pictures of Mia and Liam around her apartment.
After a day of drinking she calls Liam who answers her call and meets her at a bar. Though Liam is initially warm towards Mia, she mistakes his gestures as an overture and ends up trying to kiss him. The encounter is filmed and broadcast on the internet. Mia's agent tells her that the notoriety is good for her, but Mia is humiliated and decides to make a change. She contemplates selling her house and decides to cut off her mother.
Just as she is in the middle of calling it quits her agent contacts her and tells her that her horror movie with Tark is testing well and the studio wants to sign her and all the other actors for sequels.
Mia is offered directorial approval on the sequels to the zombie movies and has dinner with Tark and his agent who both grovel to her.
She goes to a pawn shop to retrieve some jewelry she pawned when she was short on cash. She decides not to retrieve her engagement ring from Liam. Exiting the pawn shop she bumps into a man she doesn't remember who informs her that he was her driver on the set of her movie with Tark.
Cast
- Alexia Landeau as Mia Roarke
- Christa B. Allen as Charlie
- Melanie Griffith as Kathy
- Eddie Izzard as Dag
- Brooke Smith as Annabel
- Guy Burnet as E.J.
- Vincent Kartheiser as Tark
- Alessandro Nivola as Liam
- Cheyenne Jackson as Phil
- Bellamy Young as Rebecca
Production
Cassavetes turned to crowdfunding to finance the movie as she was unable to secure funding with Landeau in the lead.[1]
Critical response
The film received mixed reviews after its premiere. The Hollywood Reporter found it to be "a closely observed but familiar portrait of a fallen star."[2] The Playlist's critic gave it a B+ score and called it "a searing indictment of Hollywood's treatment of women."[3]
References
- Yamato, Jen (19 August 2014). "Zoe Cassavetes Ponders Plight Of The L.A. Actress In 'Day Out Of Days'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- Frosch, Jon (17 June 2015). "'Day Out of Days': LAFF Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- Walsh, Katie (17 June 2015). "LAFF Review: Zoe Cassavetes' 'Day Out Of Days' Is A Searing Indictment Of Hollywood's Treatment Of Women". IndieWire. Retrieved 2 December 2015.