Blair Beeken, Katy Fullan and Shay Rudolph will star in Doron Max Hagay’s feature film debut, “She Keeps Me Young,” a dark comedy that explores what happens when a teenage girl unwittingly challenges the friendship of two grown women.
Alt-comedy triumvirate John Early, Kate Berlant and Patti Harrison round out the cast, alongside Nik Dodani, Ayden Mayeri and Greta Titelman. The film, which is currently in production in Los Angeles, is described as “an exploration of the small decisions that shape our lives, and the parts of ourselves we so often choose to give up.”
Set in and around a shopping center in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley, “She Keeps Me Young” centers on Michelle, a woman adrift and floating through life after a tragic accident. She spends most of her time with her overbearing best friend, Kelly, who encourages her to date cute guys, take dance classes and climb the ladder at a low-stakes retail job. When Michelle is asked by a teenage girl to pose for a high school photography project, an unlikely friendship threatens Kelly’s influence.
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Director Hagay wrote the film with stars Beeken and Fullan. Neil Champagne, Nicole Crespo and Graham Mason are the producers. Executive producers include Veronica Diaferia and Sara Eolin for Tinygiant, Kirk Johnson and Clark Baker for Velodrome and Scott Goldstein for Streeterville Productions.
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Hagay is a Brooklyn-based director who helmed an episode for the upcoming fourth season of Max’s “Hacks” and was a segment director on “Saturday Night Live” for two seasons. He also directed Matt Rogers’ holiday music special “Have You Heard of Christmas?” and Joel Kim Booster’s Netflix special “Psychosexual.” He is represented by Rise Management and Ziffren Brittenham.
Beeken (“Mr. Throwback,” “Black Monday,” “Dead to Me”) is represented by Rise Management and Garrett Legal. Fullan (“Let’s Start a Cult,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “I Think You Should Leave”) is repped by Zack Freedman at Omnipop and Katie Edwards and Scott Simpson at Reliant. Rudolph (“The Babysitter’s Club,” “Less Than Zero,” “Rita”) is repped by The Osbrink Agency, Artistic Endeavors Management and Schreck Rose.
