She won't forgive, won't forget, and definitely won't process—she'll make a whole damn movie instead.
Something terrible has happened to Annette’s friend, Vivian, and everyone’s decided to move on from it. Everyone except Annette. She will not “process”. She will not forgive. She’s going to make an allegorical sci-fi film – a reflection on women’s accommodation of male dominance– whether or not Vivian wants her to.
Writing
Script weaponizes meta-narrative—every scene questions who owns the story.
Acting
Paetz's controlled unraveling is a masterclass in withheld explosion.
Director
Tom Brennan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brennan's background in documentary ethics informs the film's interrogation of who gets to 'witness' trauma on camera.
The 'Viv2' character was originally written as male; Dehrouyeh's casting reframed the entire allegory as replication of feminine performance.
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