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Breaking Upwards is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Daryl Wein,^[2] starring Zoe Lister-Jones, Wein, Julie White, Peter Friedman, Andrea Martin, and Pablo Schreiber. It explores a 20-something, real-life New York couple battling codependency who intricately strategize their own break-up. Cited as an example of independent film industry sweat equity, the film was shot in Manhattan and Brooklyn on a $15,000 budget.^[3] It premiered at the SXSW Film Festival on March 14, 2009,^[4] and was released simultaneously at New York City's IFC Center and via video on demand on April 2, 2010.^[5]

Cast

South by Southwest Film Festival (USA; March 2009)
Brooklyn International Film Festival (USA; June 5, 2009)
Athens Film Festival (under title, Doseis horismou) (Greece; September 19, 2009)
Titanic International Filmpresence Festival (under title, Szép kis szakítás) (Hungary; April 11, 2010)
Leiden International Film Festival (Netherlands; October 26, 2010)

^ "Breaking Upwards (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
^ "Breaking Upwards – Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. October 14, 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
^ Rohter, Larry (March 26, 2010). "Sweat Equity, the Movie". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 8, 2010.
^ "Film Festival Schedule – Saturday March 14th". SXSW. Archived from the original on March 17, 2009. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
^ Scheib, Ronnie (March 31, 2009). "Breaking Upwards". Variety. Retrieved June 28, 2020.