After escaping the institution where he’s been confined, a groom’s obsessive best friend crashes a wedding weekend as the best man—unraveling buried secrets and tensions that make the marriage, and everyone around it, deeply suspect.
When the groom's oldest friend Cole (Jack Quaid) finds out his best friend Jason (Jared Wernick) is getting married, he escapes from the institution he has been incarcerated in and makes a surprise visit to serve as the best man. Something does not seem right between the groom and his bride Gretchen (Justine Magnusson). None of their friends seem to fully support the marriage, and they all have their own secrets. Unresolved about their relationship and endlessly obsessed with the groom, Cole stirs up everyone and everything, making it a weekend to remember.
Alyssa Rallo Bennett was born and raised in NYC, and trained at Tisch-Drama, she began her career working with directors like Zeffirelli, Scorsese, Robert Benton & Robert Lewis. Developing & co-produced Rain Without Thunder (Berlin Film Festival, starring Jeff Daniels, Ming-Na Wen & Steve Zahn), a human rights drama she went on to direct her first feature, The Pack, which was accepted into the Tribeca Film Festival (Lucie Arnaz, Elisabeth Moss), ReRUN (Christopher Lloyd), recently feature, The Arrival (Gravitas Ventures, starring Pooya Mohseni). Known as Rallo Bennett in the music world, she preforms live when not directing.
SCARECROW, starring Marin Hinkle & Kate Arrington is soon to premiere in festival. Alyssa co-founded Stonestreet Studios and created the Tisch Drama-affiliated Screen Acting & Production Residency, mentoring talents like Rachel Sennott, Miles Teller, Rachel Brosnahan, Nik Walker, Coral Peňa, Jack Quaid.
