76 minutes of simmering dread and one very unlucky pig.
A man mutters to himself, checks his to-do list, introduces himself to old friends, and grasps for a memory that always slips away. A pig slowly roasts in an IMU pit, a birthday luau devolves into chaos and heartbreak when Ryan, a permanent scar on his head, finally remembers a glimpse of the accident that destroyed his memory to begin with.
Direction
Alliata turns a luau into psychological pressure cooker.
Acting
Wuestewald's fragmented physicality—scar as character.
Sound
IMU pit crackles underneath like suppressed memory.
Director
Yana Alliata
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The IMU pit method mirrors Ryan's condition—buried heat, slow uncovering, transformation through pressure.
Wuestewald's scar is real; the production built the entire narrative around his actual injury.
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