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Erin Vassilopoulos makes her directorial debut with a dramatic thriller about estranged twin sisters reuniting when one is in danger. Much of Erin Vassilopoulos’ moody, something’s-wrong-in-the-suburbs directorial debut, Superior, takes place in a Reagan-era Barbie Dreamhouse come to life. Within its mint and pink-punch walls live Vivian (Ani Mesa) and Michael (Jake Hoffman), a young couple who are dismayed when her estranged twin sister, Marian (Alessandra Mesa, Ani’s own twin), a touri...

Superior is a slow-burn that ventures outside the norm when it comes to identity, often blurring the lines between one twin and the other as the film goes on.

A dispatch from virtual Sundance on three films featured in the US Dramatic Competition.

2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Superior Starring Alessandra Mesa, Ani Mesa, Pico Alexander, Jake Hoffman, and Stanley Simons. SYNOPSIS: On the run, Marian returns to her hometown to hide out with her identical twin sister, Vivian, and in doing so alters the trajectory of both their lives. In what’s sure to be one of the most audacious feature debuts of this year’s Sundance, Erin Vassilopoulos’  Superior – an expansion of her 2015 short of the same name – is a fascinating, oft...