Ruth (Aimee-Ffion Edwards) wakes inside a featureless spaceship; she's no memory and is kept alive by a plastic tube connected to her lower back. Ruth removes the tube and as the searing pain subsides, her memory begins to return. She looks out of the window and sees hundreds of identical ships orbiting a green planet. Ruth remembers the pledge she made to begin a new life, light years away from the earth. Suddenly there's a noise from the other side of a dividing screen and Ruth realises that she's not alone.
Acting
Aimee-Ffion Edwards carries crushing vulnerability with zero dialogue.
Production
Featureless spaceship becomes character through oppressive sound design.
Cinematography
Hundreds of identical ships create haunting visual of collective isolation.
Director
Jimmy Hay
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references game theory where one person's gain equals another's loss—fitting for a film about replacement and sacrifice.
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