Splitsville 2025

Directed by Michael Angelo Covino Widescreen

A madcap comedy about the perils of open relationships from creative duo Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin that had audiences at Cannes roaring at every twist and refusal to take itself at all seriously.

USA In English
100 minutes
TBC

Producers

Michael Angelo Covino, Ro Donnelly, Ryan Heller, Dakota Johnson, Emily Korteweg, Kyle Marvin, Samantha Racanelli

Screenplay

Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin

Cinematography

Adam Newport-Berra

Editor

Sara Shaw

Production Designer

Stephen Phelps

Costume Designer

Callan Stokes

Music

Dabney Morris, David Wingo

Cast

Kyle Marvin, Dakota Johnson, Adria Arjona, Michael Angelo Covino, Nicholas Braun

Festivals

Cannes (Premiere), Sydney 2025

Elsewhere

An open marriage opens a can of worms in this winning indie comedy from filmmaking duo Kyle Marvin and Michael Angelo Covino that gives Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona a welcome opportunity to flex their comedic chops.  

A drive to their friends’ seaside villa takes a turn for the worse when Ashley (Arjona) tells Carey (Marvin) that she wants to break up with him. Stranding the would-be divorcee on the side of the road Carey continues onto the beach house where best bud Paul (Covino) and his happily married wife Julie (Johnson) divulge the shocking secret to their lasting relationship… 

“An opening scene dick joke literally had me rolling in the aisles of a usually stuffy Debussy cinema here in Cannes… The pace of the film and the laugh-out-loud moments didn’t stop there either, with the comedy thrown at you thick and fast for the remaining 90 minutes. A fight scene in the first reel is a notable stand-out, Covino and Marvin going at each other for an absolute age – and just when you think it is going to stop, it carries on. And on.” — Paul Health, The Hollywood News