New year, new ghost roommate, same emotional baggage.
A young woman awakens alone in her new (and as-yet-unfurnished) home on New Years's Day, having skipped festivities the night before. But in an offhand attempt to make a worthwhile New Year’s resolution, she inadvertently invokes an… unconventional advisor.
Writing
Whips from laugh-out-loud to heartbreak in 420 seconds flat.
Acting
Gilson and Almajan's chemistry sells the impossible premise.
Direction
Coughlan turns one empty room into infinite emotional space.
Director
William R. Coughlan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in a single day in the director's actual unfurnished apartment during a real New Year's hangover recovery period.
The 7-minute runtime was a deliberate constraint to mirror Ruby's impulsive resolution-making — the film itself is a New Year's promise kept briefly, imperfectly, memorably.
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