Materialists
Short description
Lucy is a professional matchmaker in New York City who specializes in pairing wealthy clients. While she is successful in her career, her personal life becomes complicated when she enters a love triangle. She finds herself torn between Harry, a wealthy man she meets at a wedding, and John, a struggling actor and former partner whom she had previously left due to his financial situation.
Directed and written by Celine Song, the film follows her previous works, Past Lives and Goddess. The movie stars Dakota Johnson as Lucy, alongside Chris Evans as John and Pedro Pascal as Harry. The supporting cast includes Zoe Winters, Marin Ireland, and Dasha Nekrasova. Produced by A24, Access Entertainment, Killer Films, and IPR.VC, the project was a joint effort between the United States and Finland.
With a budget of 20 million USD, the film earned 106 million USD at the worldwide box office. It holds a rating of 6.2/10 on IMDb based on 92,000 votes and 6.3/10 on TMDB from 1,438 votes. Film critics gave the movie a higher score of 7.3/10 across 302 reviews.
What's left behind the scenes
- Lucy and Harry's (played by Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal, respectively) accommodation was filmed on location, while John's apartment, played by Chris Evans, was simply a set built in a studio. When furnishing the neglected apartment found for filming, which was to depict Lucy and Harry's home, director, screenwriter, and producer Celine Song instructed that it be made to resemble the apartment her husband, Justin Kuritzkes, once lived in, and even provided photographs of that apartment.
- Ten years before filming began on this film, Celine Song worked at a matchmaking agency for about six months, and it was during that period that she first thought about making such a film.
- The film was shot during the peak of wedding season, which somewhat limited the filmmakers in terms of locations suitable and available for filming. Because of this, the wedding scene had to be filmed in four different locations.
- According to the production designer, Amy Beth Silver, the table at which Lucy is doing her makeup once belonged to the American artist and illustrator Norman Rockwell (1894-1978).
- On the poster in front of the theater showing John’s (Chris Evans) play, the name Celine Song is listed – the director, screenwriter, and producer of the film. This is her play “Tom and Eliza,” which she wrote in 2016.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
