A man dazzles a girl on the perfect first date but why won't she text back? He retraces his steps, reexamining the date.
Writing
Tim Key's spiral is painfully precise comedy writing.
Acting
Key's physical desperation builds to magnificent cringe.
Direction
Van Tulleken makes 14 minutes feel epic and intimate.
Director
Jonathan van Tulleken
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tim Key and director Jonathan van Tulleken collaborated frequently on BBC comedy shorts; this was their breakthrough festival hit.
The film's structure mirrors the 'unreliable narrator' technique of Rashomon, but for something as mundanely devastating as a first date.
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