SEVEN STAGES TO ACHIEVE ETERNAL BLISS Celebrates World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival 4/20

Looking to make a splash in the big city, Claire (Kate Micucci) and Paul (Sam Huntington) relocate from Ohio to Los Angeles. They quickly score a posh new apartment with unbelievably cheap rent-so far, according to plan. But what appears too good to be true, in fact, is. As it turns out, an enigmatic guru (Taika Waititi) committed suicide in the apartment's bathtub; even worse, an endless string of enthusiastic cultists routinely break into the young couple's home to ceremonially off themselves in his honor. Unable to afford another move, Claire and Paul find themselves growing increasingly fascinated by the weird but strangely liberating teachings of Storsh.

Populated by a (self-)murderer's row of comedy cameos, director Vivieno Caldinelli's entertainingly bizarre debut is a black comedy that threads a needle of no-holds-barred surrealism and character-driven sweetness. Playfully absurd from beginning to end, Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss by Passing Through the Gateway Chosen by the Holy Storsh is as unconventional and unpredictable as genre-minded comedies come.

TRT: 93 mins

Country: USA

Language: English

Premiere: World

Section: Midnight

Sales: XYZ Films

Director: Vivieno Caldinelli

Writers: Christopher Hewitson, Clayton Hewitson, Justin Jones

Producers: Patrick McErlean, Michael Moran, Daniel Noah, Josh C. Waller, Lisa Whalen, Elijah Wood

Starring: Kate Micucci, Sam Huntington, Dan Harmon, Mark McKinney, Rhea Seehorn, and Taika Waititi

World Premiere: Friday, April 20th at 10:00pm (SVA 2)

P&I Screening: Saturday, April 21st at 11:30am (Cinepolis 3)

Public Screening #2: Saturday, April 21st at 10:00pm (Cinepolis 9)

Public Screening #3: Sunday, April 22nd at 8:45pm (Regal Battery Park 3)

Public Screening #4: Saturday, April 28 at 10:45pm (Cinepolis 1)

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