Seventeen minutes to break your heart and rebuild it.
Caught in a downward spiral of addiction, Caden realizes he has been exposed to HIV. With the help of his ex-wife, they visit a clinic where they encounter a couple facing their own health challenges. As their paths intertwine, each character grapples with personal struggles and the search for hope.
Acting
Andy Zibritosky carries crushing weight in every frame.
Direction
Croston trusts silence more than dialogue.
Director
Cameron Croston
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Short films about HIV rarely center heterosexual men, making Caden's perspective statistically uncommon in cinema.
Director Cameron Croston shot this in Pittsburgh using actual clinic spaces to ground the medical scenes in documentary-like realism.
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