This Closeness

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Kit Zauhar as Tessa
• Zane Pais as Ben, a journalist who is dating Tessa
• Ian Edlund as Adam, who is hosting Tessa and Ben for a weekend
• Kate Williams as Kristen, Adam’s date
• Jessie Pinnick as Lizzy

Storyline:

Tessa, an ASMR content creator, joins her journalist boyfriend Ben in Philadelphia for his high school reunion. The couple rents a room from Adam, a shy young man who has opened his apartment for homestays to meet new people. The awkward introduction of Adam to the couple’s dynamic is compounded with Ben and Tessa gain the sense that Adam is attracted to Tessa; the couple becomes convinced that Adam is especially attracted to Asian women like Tessa, who is biracial when Adam brings home Kristen, who is also Asian.

About Movie:

This Closeness is an American comedy-drama film written and directed by Kit Zauhar. The film stars Zauhar and Zane Pais as a young couple on vacation renting a room from a socially awkward host played by Ian Edlund.

This Closeness premiered in the Narrative Spotlight section at the 2023 South by Southwest Film Festival. The film is set to have a limited theatrical release starting June 7, 2024, through Factory 25 and will be available on MUBI beginning July 3, 2024.