Sonya, a 17-year-old Russian immigrant, lives in a claustrophobic Brooklyn apartment with her dad and his ever-growing menagerie of cats. When the Landlady threatens to kick them out, Sonya is forced to make an unimaginable decision to protect her aging father and herself.
Direction
Hittman's tactile close-ups make Brooklyn feel like a trapped exhale.
Acting
Vinyarska's stillness speaks volumes; every micro-expression cuts.
Director
Eliza Hittman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hittman shot this in her own Brooklyn neighborhood, casting local Russian immigrants—many non-actors—including Vinyarska, whom she found working at a pharmacy.
Made two years before her breakthrough 'It Felt Like Love,' this short established Hittman's signature: teenage girls navigating bodily autonomy in spaces that refuse to protect them.
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