One & Two is a 2015 American independent fantasy thriller film written and directed by Andrew Droz Palermo. The film stars Kiernan Shipka, Timothée Chalamet, Elizabeth Reaser, and Grant Bowler. The film had its world premiere on February 9, 2015, at the Berlin International Film Festival. The film was released on August 14, 2015, in a limited release and through video on demand by IFC Midnight.

Plot

The film follows a Christian family of four who live peacefully in purposeful isolation. The children, Eva and Zac, are able to teleport short distances, provided they can see where they are going. They use their powers for fun as they chase each other around the farm and drop into the lake. A large wall surrounds the family property. Their father, Daniel, is a stern disciplinarian who forbids them from using their powers as he believes them unnatural. His wife Elizabeth is extremely frail, suffering from seizures where she cannot breathe, and he believes her illness is punishment from God due to his children using their powers.

When Eva and Zac sneak out after dark to play and Elizabeth has a near-fatal seizure, Daniel punishes them by making them face their bedroom walls and nailing their clothes to the wall, preventing them from teleporting away. Despite this, Eva continues using her powers, while Zac refuses to join her. When she tries to teleport an injured bird back to its nest, the bird dies, revealing that teleporting with anyone would end fatally for that individual.

Eva continues to sneak out. When Elizabeth dies, Daniel blames Eva. He knocks her out, puts a bag over her head and sets her adrift down the river in a boat. He buries one of Eva’s dresses in a grave beside her mother’s on the family plot. He tells Zac that she is taken care of, heavily implying that he has killed her. Zac is furious and visits her makeshift grave to mourn. Eva drifts to a nearby town, where she is found and taken to hospital. Eva struggles in the modern setting. She escapes the hospital, ending up under a bridge by a river, where she meets three kind elderly homeless people. They feed her crackers and play the guitar by the fire until the police arrive, causing Eva to become afraid and teleport away. Eventually she meets a girl her age on the street, whom she follows to a youth home for girls. Soon, she runs away again and decides to return home to Zac. It is implied that she has a connection to Zac, as she is able to locate their home through teleporting short distances along the way.

Meanwhile, Zac is struggling living with Daniel. After a vicious argument, Zac grabs Daniel and teleports, unaware of the consequences. To his horror, Daniel dies shortly afterwards. The next morning, Eva arrives at the wall, teleporting into the air and then onto the ground before she hits it. Zac finishes burying his father and sees her in the woods. They run and embrace each other. As they mourn their parents, they burn their childhood home down as an act of renewal.

Cast

• Kiernan Shipka as Eva: Daniel and Elizabeth s younger daughter, and Zac s sister, who has the ability to teleport
• Timothée Chalamet as Zac: Daniel and Elizabeth s elder son, and Eva s brother, who also has the ability to teleport
• Elizabeth Reaser as Elizabeth: Eva and Zac s mother and Daniel s wife, who suffers from seizures
• Grant Bowler as Daniel: Elizabeth s husband, and the abusive and destructive father of Zac and Eva

Production

Production on the film began on July 21, 2014, in North Carolina, and concluded on August 17, 2014. After production on the film was complete, it was announced Kiernan Shipka, Timothée Chalamet, and Elizabeth Reaser, and Grant Bowler, had all been cast in the film.

Release

The film had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 9, 2015. The film went on to premiere at SXSW on March 14, 2015. Shortly after it was announced IFC Midnight had acquired distribution rights to the film. The film then went on to premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on June 22, 2015. and the Berlin Fantasy Film Festival on August 13, 2015. The film was then released on August 14, 2015, in a limited release and through video on demand.

Reception

One & Two received mixed to negative reviews from critics. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 44% rating based on 16 reviews, with an average rating of 5.39/10.

Year	2015
ReleaseDate	2015-08-14
RuntimeMins	90
RuntimeStr	1h 30min
Plot	Two siblings discover a supernatural escape from a troubled home, but find their bond tested when reality threatens to tear their family apart.
Awards	Awards, 1 nomination
Directors	Andrew Droz Palermo
Writers	Andrew Droz Palermo, Neima Shahdadi
Stars	Kiernan Shipka, Timothée Chalamet, Elizabeth Reaser
Produced by	Joanna Denton, Matthew Perniciaro, The Protagonist, Kim Sherman, Michael Sherman, Patrick M. Wood
Music by	Nathan Halpern
Cinematography by	Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Film Editing by	Alex O Flinn
Casting By	Sig De Miguel, Stephen Vincent
Production Design by	Sara Beckum Jamieson
Art Direction by	Tom Obed
Set Decoration by	Olivia Motley
Costume Design by	Alana Morshead
Makeup Department	Mazena Puksto
Production Management	Matt Walkowski
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Noelle Alemán, Adam Haracz, Jeff Keith, Adam Werth
Art Department	Hallie Kutak, Tori Lancaster, Lucas Scott-Martin, Forest Walker Van Hoose, Chiara von der Goltz
Sound Department	Tyler Blythe, Kent Brown, Danny Caccavo, John Countryman, Andrea Gard, David Gielan, Pete Horner, Mike Lane, Josh Lowden, Zach Martin, Steve Morris, Jon Null, Gene Park, Eva Porter, Frank Rinella, Cathy Shirk, Pete Horner, Casey Langfelder, Zach Martin
Visual Effects by	Alastor Arnold, Joshua James Johnson, Sean Kennedy
Stunts	Brent D. Alton, Jeffrey G. Barnett, Alex Bodine, Rebecca Brinkley, Paul Burke, Miles Duffield, Dale Girard, Matthew Sung Girard, Riley Harper, Samantha J. McDonald, Natasha Paul, Jack Ploszaj
Camera and Electrical Department	Brice Bradley, Jack Caswell, Chase DuBose, Chris Ford, Tyler Harmon-Townsend, Michael Helenek, Mitchell Perrin, Chase Schultz, Greg Simone, Jesse Smith, Stephen Taylor-Wehr, West Webb, Ben Zschunke
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Catherine Leask, Makeda Thomas
Editorial Department	Justin Barham, Philip Beckner, Jeremy Lerman, Daniel Sessoms
Location Management	Mitch Rumfelt
Script and Continuity Department	LeAnne Mims
Additional Crew	Justin Clewell, Grant Conversano, Jonathan Finney, Alex Avril Klein, Fernando D. Maldonado, John Mathis, Brit McDonough, Jack McLain, Gary Sessoms, Addison Sharp, William Stine, Tina Sutton
Thanks	Will Files, Josh Oxenhandler
Genres	Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Companies	Bow and Arrow Entertainment, February Productions, Melody Maker Productions & MMP Audio
Countries	USA
Languages	English
ContentRating	Not Rated
ImDbRating	5.2
ImDbRatingVotes	2075
MetacriticRating	47
Keywords	brother sister relationship,brother sister dependency relationship,dominant father,supernatural power,dark secret