A married couple is woken in the dead of night by a mysterious phone call. Unable to sleep, they are drawn into an unsettling examination of their fears and desires.
Acting
Barr and Mitchell's silent bedroom warfare—every glance is a wound.
Direction
Kotatko makes 21 minutes feel like a fever dream you can't wake from.
Sound
Jane Birkin's voice: the most erotic wrong number in cinema history.
Director
Andrew Kotatko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapted from a Raymond Carver short story, keeping his signature 'dirty realism' intact. Kotatko also made a feature version called 'Four Pears and Two Pears'—this short is widely considered superior.
Jane Birkin recorded her lines separately, never meeting the cast. Her disembodied intimacy was achieved by having her read directly into Barr's ear via hidden earpiece during his takes.
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