Early-pandemic, Jay and Celine head to a rental house to reconnect. While Celine films a documentary on their disintegrating relationship, a recently ‘cancelled’ Jay becomes increasingly paranoid about his portrayal, setting up hidden cameras to spy on Celine.
Direction
Kotlyarenko weaponizes screenlife format for maximum voyeuristic discomfort.
Acting
Nekrasova and Vack's improvised warfare feels terrifyingly authentic.
Director
Eugene Kotlyarenko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kotlyarenko shot this during actual 2020 lockdown, with cast and crew quarantining together in the rental house.
The film premiered at Berlinale 2025, where audiences debated whether it satirizes or validates 'cancelled' white male grievance—Nekrasova's casting as Celine (a Red Scare host famous for ironic detachment) layers extra meta-poison.
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