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EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North American rights to Allswell in New York, a dramedy co-starring and co-produced by The Bear Emmy nominee Liza Colón-Zayas, for release in theaters this fall.
Also starring Elizabeth Rodriguez (Orange Is the New Black) and Daphne Rubin-Vega (In the Heights), the film centers on Daisy (Rodriguez), a Brooklyn restaurateur giddy with excitement at the prospect of finally becoming a mom, who eagerly welcomes her young surrogate into her home for the last few weeks of pregnancy, blinded to the huge risk she’s taking — and the secret the troubled young woman is hiding. Meanwhile, sister Ida (Colón-Zayas), busy keeping others on the right track as a counselor at a local clinic, feels the emotional pull of their long-estranged brother, leading to a life-altering discovery. And sister-in-law Serene (Rubin-Vega), making a living as a vocal coach and reliving past glories, quickly realizes that her daughter is making money in a seriously dangerous manner, sending the former pop star into fight mode to save her only child from the kind of youthful mistakes that she once made.
Allswell in New York premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Festival, where it won the award for Best Screenplay in a U.S. Narrative Feature. Directed by Ben Snyder, the film’s cast also includes Bobby Cannavale (Boardwalk Empire), Felix Solis (The Forgotten), Max Casella (Tulsa King), Michael Rispoli (The Rum Diary), Shyrley Rodriguez (The Get Down), MacKenzie Lansing (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes) and J. Cameron Barnett (Pose).
Snyder and Rodriguez wrote the script from a story by Colón-Zayas and Rubin-Vega. Producers included Rodriguez, Snyder, Gia Walsh, Ari Issler, Paul Jarrett, and Vince Jolivette.
In a statement on the acquisition, Freestyle’s Head of Digital Film Distribution Bill Vergos said, “This is a very entertaining film from a talented group of filmmakers, and we are looking forward to bringing the award-winning Allswell in New York to audiences nationwide this fall.”
Freestyle Digital Media negotiated the deal to acquire the film through Anthony Sanfilippo at Filmopoly.
