What if you could love yourself—but forgot who you actually were?
A scientist invents a breakthrough medication to help people perceive themselves more positively only to come to regret his own invention and degenerate into a life of reclusion and loneliness while his family is left to deal with repercussions of his past.
Writing
Economical storytelling that trusts silence over exposition.
Acting
Archer's physical decay conveys what dialogue cannot.
Director
Frank Di Bugnara
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during peak self-optimization culture (2015), the film interrogates wellness industry promises that Silicon Valley would soon monetize.
Di Bugnara reportedly shot Thomas's isolation sequences in chronological order, letting Archer's actual physical deterioration mirror the character's.
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