An unassuming woman meets a teenage boy's grief-stricken music teacher while sitting in a hospital waiting room.
Acting
Janowitz's trembling restraint—grief as barely controlled static.
Direction
Valia traps you in fluorescent purgatory, no escape from the discomfort.

Director
Anu Valia
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Valia shot this in an actual hospital during operating hours—those background extras are real waiting families, not extras.