The latest film from celebrated American indie filmmaker Zach Clark, THE BECOMERS is a visually striking homage to retro science fiction B Movies that reverberates with the pulse of politics and cultural trends of the last five years —drawing from COVID, Qanon, and constant states of anxiety— while exploring themes of confusion, isolation, and the deep need for human connection through the story of two body-snatching alien lovers. The cast includes Molly Plunk (LITTLE SISTER, SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY), Mike Lopez (MAY DECEMBER), Keith Kelly, Isabel Alamin, and Frank V. Ross (DRINKING BUDDIES), with narration by Russell Mael, lead singer of the renowned musical duo Sparks.
Best known for the critically acclaimed WHITE REINDEER, released by IFC Films, and LITTLE SISTER, featuring Addison Timlin and Ally Sheedy, THE BECOMERS is Clark’s fifth feature. Also a celebrated editor outside of his own films, his credits include Sophia Takal’s ALWAYS SHINE, Hannah Fidell’s THE LONG DUMB ROAD, Michael Tully’s DON’T LEAVE HOME, and Michael M. Bilandic’s indie cult film JOBE’Z WORLD.
THE BECOMERS was shot in Chicago and is produced by Joe Swanberg (HAPPY CHRISTMAS, DIGGING FOR FIRE) and Eric Ashworth. Eddie Linker (GHOSTLIGHT, QUEEN OF EARTH) produced for Slasher Film Company. Daryl Pittman lensed, Fritz Myers composed the film’s original score, and Glamhag production designed.
Synopsis: Forced to flee their dying planet, two body-snatching alien lovers arrive separately on Earth. Determined to find each other, the aliens jump from body to body, but they quickly learn that it’s not easy to inhabit their new, fleshy hosts, and that life in modern-day America is more complicated than they could have ever imagined.
THE BECOMERS is the fourth collaboration between filmmaker Zach Clark and musician Fritz Myers, with the duo having previously worked together on the director’s acclaimed films VACATION! WHITE REINDEER, and LITTLE SISTER. Myers, reflecting on the process for this project, says, “After reading the script I was immediately taken with the love story. Once I started writing to picture, something wasn’t working and I went back to Zach, and whose insight was, ‘one thing to keep in mind is about a dozen people die in the movie’ which helped me to rethink the score. I realized one of the big jobs of the music was to express the tension and stress of these alien life forms’ experiences.”
