Twenty minutes. One woman named Hate. What could possibly go wrong?
A sweet-natured charity worker finds his life turned upside down, when he falls in love with a mysterious woman.
Acting
Whishaw's nervous energy vs. Atwell's unpredictable fire—chemistry in minutes.
Direction
Ritson brothers pack a feature's worth of style into twenty tight minutes.
Writing
Dialogue that dances between cringe and charm—deliberately, brilliantly.
Director
Blake Ritson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a calling-card short for the Ritson brothers, who'd later work on 'Da Vinci's Demons' and 'The Man in the High Castle.'
The film plays with nominative determinism—Tom works for Love, she introduces herself as Hate, and neither can escape their labels until they collide.
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