An anxious and ungainly teenage boy struggles against bullies, puberty, and his fears of mortality when his parents send him to a summer water polo camp.
Direction
Polinger traps you in Ben's claustrophobic subjectivity.
Editing
Tight 14 minutes that escalate from unease to horror.
Director
Charlie Polinger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The sauna functions as both literal setting and metaphor for masculine ritual—purification through suffering, but also potential death chamber.
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