What if the government tested your sexuality like a DMV exam?
Gus and Clark — married, late 30s — would like to apply for a mortgage. Their small but sincere hope leads them to take the Sx Test — a newly-mandated medical procedure that claims to verify sexuality for legal use. The test’s brief but brutal trial yields surprising results, prompting Gus and Clark to question the nature of attraction in their rapidly binarizing world.
Writing
Every bureaucratic horror feels lived-in and possible.
Acting
Manohar and Wilson sell years of marriage in minutes.
Director
Mar Sudac
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references open and closed intervals in mathematics—suggesting sexuality as a spectrum the state refuses to measure.
Sudac developed this after real 'gay tests' proposed in various countries; the 11-minute runtime mirrors the brevity of the procedure itself.
US
