15 minutes. One impossible choice. You'll need a minute after.
When a single mom, facing eviction, is offered a night’s work, she unsuccessfully seeks a babysitter for her two small children. Desperate, she reaches out to the last person she wants to ask for a favour.
Acting
Pellerin's silent desperation speaks volumes.
Direction
Harris builds dread in a cramped apartment.
Editing
Tight runtime with zero fat — every second counts.
Director
Noel Harris
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in St. John's, Newfoundland with a skeleton crew — the apartment was a real unit scheduled for demolition.
Part of a wave of 2010s Canadian shorts tackling working-class precarity; Krystin Pellerin later starred in Republic of Doyle.
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