A wank gone wrong becomes the weirdest family therapy session you'll ever witness.
'Barely Breathing' is a dark comedy about Sai, who is guilted into moving in with his father and stepmother after an embarrassing autoerotic asphyxiation (AEA) accident. In order to get his dad off his back, Sai begins "hanging" with an AEA support group filled with lovable misfits - but humor can only hide so much. As Sai begins to get comfortable, the distance between him and his father grows deeper, forcing the family to cope with the loss of Sai's mother ten years prior.
Acting
Neal Reddy's mortified physical comedy is a masterclass in secondhand embarrassment.
Writing
Turns autoerotic asphyxiation into genuine father-son pathos. How?
Direction
Derek Evans squeezes a feature's worth of emotional beats into 20 tight minutes.
Director
Derek Evans
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Derek Evans reportedly wrote this after a real conversation with a friend about the most embarrassing way to almost die.
The 20-minute runtime mirrors AEAs dangerous brevity—just enough time to get in trouble, barely enough to get out.
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