When married 50-something Rachel RSVPs and sends a gift way too quickly to an acquaintance’s wedding, this seemingly insignificant faux pas snowballs into a series of misunderstandings that threaten to destroy two marriages at once.
A comedy of errors ensues when empty nester Rachel (Lisa Edelstein) hastily sends a gift to Charlie (James Wolk), a former colleague, upon receiving his wedding invitation. The young couple’s wedding gets Rachel out of her perpetual state of ennui in her own marriage and brings unexpected excitement that inadvertently causes speculation of infidelity. As one domino falls after another, cracks begin to show in their respective relationships especially while Rachel’s husband Adam (Erik Griffin) becomes obsessed with getting back their wedding gift: THE EVERYTHING POT.
Meet the Cast
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LISA EDELSTEIN
”RACHEL”
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JAMES WOLK
“CHARLIE”
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GINA TORRES
“GAIL”
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ERIK GRIFFIN
“ADAM”
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DELANEY ROWE
“CLARE”
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DEJA MONIQUE CRUZ
“PENELOPE”
Meet the Team
WRITER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER
Sherise Dorf is a Los Angeles-based writer, director, producer and the founder of TraLaLoo Productions.
THE EVERYTHING POT, which premiered at The 2024 Tribeca Film Festival, is her feature directorial debut. Sherise received the BEST FEATURE DIRECTOR award at The 2024 Cordillera International Film Festival for the film, which incorporates the themes and subject matter she finds most fascinating, including love, marriage, friendships, aging, jealousy, insecurity and the importance of communication in navigating all of the above.
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EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
EDWARD BURNS AARON LUBIN
PRODUCERS
SHERISE DORF
CALLIE BLOEM
CHRISTOPHER J. EWING
SEAN PATRICK KELLY
EMILY SHEEHAN
LISA EDELSTEIN
JAMES WOLK
CASTING
JULIANNE GABERT
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
STEVEN BRECKON
EDITOR
CHRISTOPHER J. EWING
MUSIC
JINA HYOJIN AN & SHIRLEY SONG
LIST OF FULL CAST & CREW
Director’s Statement
“I wanted to make a deeply personal film about women that navigates marriage, friendships, jealousy, co-dependence, and aging. I believe my storytelling to be a very realistic mix of honesty, humor and frenzy, and was inspired to write THE EVERYTHING POT by a series of escalating missteps I’d made after receiving an unexpected wedding invitation. I soon realized that these actions reflected a bigger picture: the intense level of excitement I felt for the young couple was triggered by what was missing in my own marriage! Aha! Something to further investigate.”
Screenings
9/21 • Los Angeles, CA 9/21 - Vidiots • coming soon
TBD • Akron, OH •The Nightlight Cinema • coming soon
Press
“I also enjoyed that Dorf chose to spotlight an older couple’s experience with this, still making it as fun and fresh as teen and young adult relationships in film.”
“With strong themes and a fabulous cast, Dorf has a winning comedy that offers compelling conflict and fishes for laughs in all the right places.”
“…fascinating as an
exploration of relationships, communication, and the perception of self.”
“Lisa Edelstein Is Hilarious and Deeply Affecting in The Everything Pot... Sherise Dorf’s funny and poignant first feature...”
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