12 minutes. One pharmacy. A marriage tested by the last vial of hope.
Holed up in a run down pharmacy, a man helps his diabetic wife to survive on dwindling supplies of insulin, trading medicine for food from the outside world. When a stranger comes looking for insulin, and refuses to be turned away, both husband and wife must face the reality of her rapidly shortening life.
Acting
Barry Ward's eyes say what dialogue won't.
Cinematography
Cramped pharmacy becomes entire universe.
Direction
Tohill brothers squeeze 90 minutes of tension into 12.
Director
Andy Tohill
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in a real derelict Belfast pharmacy over two days; Barry Ward learned to handle medical supplies from an actual diabetic consultant on set.
Premiered at Galway 2015 alongside fellow Northern Irish short 'The Guilty,' forming an unofficial diptych on ethical collapse in crisis.
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