Synopsis

Beeswax revolves around the personal and professional entanglements of twin sisters Jeannie and Lauren - played by extraordinary newcomers Tilly and Maggie Hatcher - living in Austin, Texas. Jeannie co-owns a vintage clothing store with Amanda, a semi-estranged friend who she fears is trying to end their partnership. Lauren leads a looser, less tethered existence and is considering getting out of the country altogether. When Jeannie receives an email from Amanda threatening a lawsuit, she calls her law student ex-boyfriend Merrill for help. Eager for distraction from his own problems, he begins helping the sisters with theirs. Imbued with an innate charm, Beeswax is a story about family, friends and lovers and those awkward moments that bring all of them together. (Official)

Notes

- Director Andrew Bujalski met actress Maggie Hatcher when they went to school together at Harvard [via Wayback Machine]:
"Maggie is a college friend. Chantal Akerman discovered her. I was trying to cast my thesis film, and Chantal was my advisor. She spotted Maggie walking down a hallway on crutches - I think she'd had surgery on her knee after tearing her ACL playing rugby - and stopped her, told her she needed to get her contact information so that one of her students could audition her for a film. I didn't then and don't now have the bravery to approach a stranger like that, but obviously Chantal had a great instinct there."
- Produced by "Sorry, Thanks" director Dia Sokol