The once handsome Rafi has a recently disfigured face that makes it difficult for him to meet other men. When a close friend introduces him to Joe, Rafi feels strangely drawn to the stranger. Yet he isn’t sure why Joe doesn’t seem to mind his scars and as Rafi knows only too well, appearances are deceiving…
Acting
Durham's unsettling calm against raw vulnerability.
Direction
Rea weaponizes your assumptions in under ten minutes.
Director
Damien Rea
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film inverts typical queer trauma narratives: the danger isn't homophobic strangers, but the 'acceptance' you crave. Joe embodies how marginalized desire can be exploited by those who understand its architecture intimately.
Based on a short story and developed as a school project, this micro-budget thriller became a festival circuit sleeper hit for its ruthless economy — no frame is innocent, no scar merely skin-deep.
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