James, an aging baby-boomer, smartphone in hand, arrives at a cell phone store past closing with hopes of finally finding closure.
Acting
Elliott Bales carries an entire lifetime of regret in nervous hand gestures.
Direction
Fritzson traps you in fluorescent retail purgatory—nowhere to look away.
Director
David Fritzson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director David Fritzson based the premise on watching his own father struggle with smartphone grief after his mother's death.
The film premiered at SXSW 2019, where audiences reportedly sat in stunned silence through the credits—some crying, some checking their phones with new horror.
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