He forgets everything. She remembers enough for both of them. Pack tissues.
When a young man who suffers from short-term memory loss wakes up in Alice's bed, they spend the day putting the pieces of the night before together before his memory loss catches up to them again.
Acting
Tiner's layered performance — love, dread, and resolve in every glance.
Writing
Breslin's script trusts silence; every word earned, every pause weaponized.
Direction
Intimate framing that makes 23 minutes feel like a lifetime.
Director
Ava Breslin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 23-minute runtime mirrors the cyclical nature of anterograde amnesia — each viewing becomes its own memory loop, implicating the audience in Emmett's experience.
Made by USC students, this short went viral in disability advocacy circles for its nuanced portrayal of chronic illness rarely seen in mainstream romance.
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