Arteta's latest drama premieres at next month's Tribeca Film Festival.
Actress Alia Shawkat (Green Room) co-writes and stars in Duck Butter, the latest film from The Good Girl director Miguel Arteta.
Shawkat plays a young woman who meets and immediately falls for an impetuous Spaniard (Victoria star Laia Costa). Eschewing the regular, prolonged means of getting to know a new lover, the two women commit to an experiment to spend the next 24 hours together, making love every hour on the hour.
Duck Butter premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 20th, followed by a NY/LA cinema release April 27th and a VOD release May 1st. Expect it to premiere on Netflix in the UK.
The official synopsis reads:
When Naima (Alia Shawkat, "Search Party") and Sergio (Laia Costa, Victoria ) meet at a club, they hit it off instantly, connecting over their disdain for the dishonesty they have experienced in their respective romantic relationships. High on their fast chemistry, the two women concoct a romantic experiment: They plan to spend the next 24 hours together, having sex on the hour. Above all, they commit to perfect honesty with each other, a theoretical remedy to the deceit they believe to be an element of modern relationships. But their relationship in a vacuum doesn’t go as planned, and soon the weight of their commitment begins to close in, threatening the ideals of the daylong experiment and their chances for a romantic future tomorrow.