Two strangers, one city, seventeen minutes — and somehow it heals something you didn't know was broken.
A passing joke between pedestrians in early Quarantine turns into a good excuse to slow down in this bittersweet Chicago short at the intersection of generations.
Acting
Pendleton and Torem's chemistry feels discovered, not performed.
Writing
Dialogue that earns its silences.
Director
Allison Torem
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Austin Pendleton is a 50-year veteran of Chicago theatre who has worked with everyone from Steppenwolf to Spielberg.
Shot in April 2020, it's one of the first films to capture that specific hollowed-out Chicago energy when the city went quiet.
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