

9 minutes that'll wreck your whole day—in the best way possible.
Acting
Bevilacqua's face does ALL the heavy lifting.
Direction
Genovese weaponizes silence like a maniac.

Director
Paolo Genovese
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Italian foster care crisis rarely depicted; this was commissioned by a fashion house for awareness, not sales.
Genovese later directed 'Perfect Strangers'—this short proves his cruelty-to-catharsis ratio was always lethal.