One day before she is set to receive the Festival President’s Award at the 59th KVIFF – just prior to the screening of Materialists – Dakota Johnson appeared at the Karlovy Vary Municipal Theatre to present another of her films, the relationship comedy Splitsville.
Full of provocative chaos, vivid characters, and inventive directorial choices, the film follows two married couples as they confront a familiar dilemma: their relationships no longer feel the same, and each partner may be yearning for change.
“It’s a film about love, friendship, and the complexity of human relationships – between friends, lovers, people. And that’s something we should be paying more and more attention to today,” Johnson said in her brief but luminous introduction. She concluded by thanking the festival for including Splitsville in the official program.
