A fainting spell becomes a life audit in this sharp 11-minute gut-punch.
Follows a gay Asian writer who realizes he is detached from society after fainting in a gay bar, and gets afraid of dying alone. He decides to change his life and writes a book called "A Guide To Not Dying Completely Alone!".
Writing
Meta premise that weaponizes self-help clichés against themselves.
Acting
MacNicoll's physical comedy in the fainting scene is *chef's kiss*.
Direction
Tan packs a feature's worth of character into eleven minutes.
Director
Yen Tan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Yen Tan previously explored queer isolation in the feature '1985' and short 'Pit Stop.'
The title parodies the booming 'how to be a person' publishing market aimed at millennials.
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