When a chance encounter brings together the cynical Dell and the quick-witted Kimberly, the stage is set for a tempestuous love affair that unfolds like a puzzle. As the film zigzags back and forth in time — from a meteor shower in LA, to an encounter in a Paris hotel room, to a fateful phone call — an unforgettable portrait of a relationship emerges.
Direction
Sam Esmail's debut already shows his Mr. Robot visual obsession.
Acting
Long and Rossum fight and fall in love with brutal specificity.
Cinematography
Each timeline gets its own color palette you won't forget.
Director
Sam Esmail
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sam Esmail wrote this before Mr. Robot and self-funded it when no studio would touch the nonlinear structure.
The film's fractured timeline directly inspired how Esmail would later manipulate time in Mr. Robot's fourth season — Dell's cynicism is basically an early Elliot Alderson prototype.
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