It was released through video on demand on August 1, 2014, prior to a limited release on August 22, 2014. That same month, RADiUS set the film for an Augrelease. The film went onto screen at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 25, 2014. Shortly after, RADiUS-TWC acquired worldwide distribution rights to the film. The film had its world premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2014. Principal photography lasted 15 days, at Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson's house in Ojai, California. Rooney Mara, McDowell's girlfriend, served as the costume designer, but received credit as Bree Daniel. Mary Steenburgen provided the voice of Duplass's character's mother. In March 2013, it was revealed that Elisabeth Moss, Mark Duplass, and Ted Danson had been cast in the film, with Mel Eslyn producing and Duplass executive producing. Calling back from downstairs, Sophie replies eggs and bacon. One morning, Ethan asks Sophie what she plans on making for breakfast. Ethan I grabs the smiling Sophie and they leave.Įthan and Sophie drive to the therapist's office, but find it abandoned and head home. Each Sophie has an opposing reaction, one distressed for Ethan II and the other smiling at Ethan I. When she refuses, he runs away on his own but hits an invisible barrier and collapses unconscious. Ethan II attempts to convince Sophie I to flee with him. Ethan I explains this to Sophie I, but Ethan II discovers the plan. Sophie II does not want her husband to leave with another woman. However, Ethan II has fallen in love with Sophie I and is planning to leave with her. Then the residing couple leave, with the visiting couple trapped within the estate. She explains that she and Ethan II must cause the visiting couple to fall out of love. He goes to the guest cottage and finds a computer with files for different couples that include recordings of voices, and finds one with "Ethan & Sophie" learning to imitate him and Sophie I.Įthan I finds he's trapped in the guest house, but Sophie II lets him out. Ethan II also reveals Ethan I's duplicity at the guest cottage, at which point Sophie I asks Ethan I to leave. The four spend the evening together, where it becomes clear that Ethan II and Sophie II know they are playing a role. As they argue, they find Sophie II and Ethan II awaiting them in the main house. The next morning, Sophie seeks refuge with Ethan II, and Ethan I disturbs them by entering the guest cottage. Sophie seduces the original Ethan, unbeknownst to her. Ethan discovers this by claiming to leave, but instead enters the guest house and assumes the place of his doppelgänger.
Sophie starts developing feelings for Ethan II and goes to the guest cottage to seduce him. Ethan and Sophie take advantage of the circumstances, and set rules, including a rule of "no intimacy".Įthan figures an explanation for what's going on as some of his clothing is missing, and he receives voice mails from friends and family, answering calls, made in his voice, asking about his past.
By barging in on Sophie's session with Ethan II, he determines that the doppelgängers disappear when both spouses are in the guest cottage and the doubles are idealized versions of them. By visiting with Sophie II, Ethan establishes the doppelgängers do not leave the guest cottage.
Ethan deduces that something unusual is going on: In the guest cottage, they each met a doppelgänger of the other, convincing enough to pass. Ethan notes the oddness of Sophie cooking bacon, as she notedly hates it.Įthan returns to the main house where Sophie has no memory of joining him in the guest cottage. The next morning, she makes him eggs and bacon. During the night, Sophie joins him, apologizing for her behavior and falling asleep next to him. When she mentions the sex, Ethan says he cannot remember, so Sophie, annoyed, goes to bed alone. Sophie returns to the house to find Ethan asleep. Once at the estate, Sophie goes to the guest cottage and has sex with Ethan. After asking them to each play a note on a piano, he identifies a disconnection in their relationship and suggests they take a weekend on a secluded estate. Married couple Ethan and Sophie see a therapist regularly.