Two ex-cult besties go topless to prove they're only bent, not broken.
Growing up in a religious cult, Jackie and Amelia, now in their late thirties, meet up once a year at Amelia's mother's grave to reconnect and talk about life. 'Are we broken?' they ask themselves, only to decide after a topless escapade through their old sect, that they are only bent. Bent is a short film about those life long friendships that thankfully keep us feeling normal.
Acting
Johnson and Salomaa's lived-in chemistry carries decades of history.
Direction
Amy Jo Johnson balances absurdity and ache with surgical precision.
Writing
Sharp dialogue that stings then soothes, like alcohol on a cut.
Director
Amy Jo Johnson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Amy Jo Johnson directed this between Power Rangers nostalgia gigs and her feature film The Space Between, proving she's been building a quietly fierce indie career.
Made in 2013, it predates the mainstream cult-survivor narrative boom (The Vow, Seduced) but nails the specific intimacy of women processing trauma together without male saviors.
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