A love-sick, love-hate summer’s tale.
In a modern-day Lisbon, a city caught between locals and tourists, two art students drift through a weekend of sexual fluidity and late-capitalist burnout. Sofia obsesses over nuclear war and lives in the shadow of the narcissistic Amandine but their toxic friendship is put to the test when Amandine crosses paths with Guilherme, a pseudointellectual Portuguese artist, at a fringe art event—derailing both friends' plans. Kiss and Be Friends is an acidic comedy exploring intimacy, identity, and a generation powered by irony, anxiety, and Instagram.
Directed by Ana Baldini & Roly Witherow
Written by Roly Witherow
Starring:
Marine Arradon as Amandine
Anu Loureiro as Sofia
Gustavo Rebelo as Guilherme
Lucas Melo as Afonso
Marianne da Conceição as Beni
Crew:
Producer: Roly Witherow, Ana Baldini, Anu Loureiro
Director of Photography: Will Tremlett
Sound Recordist: José Bica
Production Design: Ben Goldberg
Costume Design: KaJe Madin
Hair & Makeup: Olga José
Assistant Director: Alexandre Natale
Editor: Roly Witherow, Ana Baldini
Colour: Marina Tebechrani
Sound Design: Sound Force Studio
Original Music: Roly Witherow