Exhibitionism, voyeurism, jealousy, lust. Brooklyn wedding photographer Theo’s side business shooting surveillance-style photos of clients on the sly takes an unexpected turn - and creates a rift with his fiancée - when he’s hired by a provocative mystery woman.
Acting
Messina's sweaty desperation is uncomfortably real
Cinematography
Grubby lo-fi shots mirror Theo's creeping rot
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like insufferable creatives
Director
Dana Adam Shapiro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Dana Adam Shapiro made the Oscar-nominated doc 'Murderball' before pivoting to this fiction debut about broken male bodies in a different register.
Shot in 2009, this captures peak 'mumblecore' Brooklyn right before Instagram made everyone's surveillance aesthetic curated and cute. The grime feels almost archival now.
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