MSP International Film Festival: Sweet Disaster

MSP Film Society presents the 41st Annual Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF41) from Thursday, May 5 through Thursday, May 19, 2022. The MSPIFF41 theme, SHINE THROUGH, invites us all to resume gathering in-person to enjoy more than 200 films from around the world and a full array of exciting parties, panels, and filmmaker networking events and discussions. Many MSPIFF41 films will also be available to screen virtually, in keeping with MSP Film Society’s mission to increase audience access to these wonderful films. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE FESTIVAL HERE.

Frida is a 40-year-old painting therapist who finds herself pregnant. When Felix, her boyfriend, (who hasn’t been her partner for very long), hears this, he’s gone and back with his ex. What is Frida to do but launch a full-scale, sometimes outlandish plan to keep him in her life?

After a chance encounter and whirlwind romance between Frida and Felix results in a stunning pregnancy, the two parents-to-be reevaluate their lives. For Felix, this means hightailing it out of there. But for Frida, it is a challenge–with the help of her friend, a teenage neighbor, she concocts plans to win Felix back that are at once clever and totally bonkers. Laura Lehmus’ bold use of color, magical realism, and a brilliant comic performance by Friederike Kempter make Sweet Disaster a genuine crowd pleaser.