Your phone is the weapon. Your secrets are the bullet. Who's pulling the trigger?
A promising politician is held hostage in his luxurious penthouse by a remote captor, forced to watch his life destroyed by social and conventional media as he tries to figure out who is behind it and why.
Direction
Kassen traps you in that penthouse—no escape, no relief.
Acting
Kassen's descent from polished to shattered is *chef's kiss*.
Production
The penthouse becomes a character—gorgeous, suffocating, doomed.
Director
Mark Kassen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'PH-1' title refers to Payton's penthouse unit AND his public approval rating—both plummeting in real time.
Shot during the 2024 election cycle; Kassen rewrote the third act after a certain politician's actual scandal broke. Art imitates, then accelerates.
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