When your relationship needs a pick-me-up, maybe don't try... this.
When a dinner with the new neighbors goes awry, an antisocial and severely codependent couple reignite the spark in their relationship by covering their tracks.
Acting
De Faría and De La Torre's suffocating chemistry
Direction
Darbyshire's escalating claustrophobia in tight spaces
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes politeness
Director
Will Darbyshire
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 15-minute runtime mirrors the average dinner party from hell—Darbyshire reportedly cut 40 minutes of footage to maintain suffocating momentum.
Screened at SXSW 2023 as part of a wave of 'relationship horror' shorts examining how modern couples perform intimacy for others.
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