A seamstress gets tangled in her own thread after stealing a briefcase from a drug deal gone bad. In an escalating game of cat and mouse, her different choices lead to drastically different outcomes along the way.
Direction
Freddy Macdonald's debut balances tension and absurdity masterfully
Acting
Eve Connolly's Barbara is chaos wrapped in cardigan
Editing
Seamless parallel timelines that actually reward attention
Director
Freddy Macdonald
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Macdonald raised funds through a viral TikTok showing the sewing-machine-as-weapon concept before a single frame was shot.
The film deliberately subverts Heidi-esque Swiss pastoral imagery, suggesting the mountains have always been hiding darkness beneath the chocolate.
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