A young photographer interviews for a caretaker job with a recluse and stumbles upon love.
Direction
Howard's composition turns one house into three distinct emotional zones.
Acting
Molina's hands do more storytelling than most actors' whole bodies.
Cinematography
Orchid macro shots that'll make you cry about plant care.
Director
Bryce Dallas Howard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Howard shot this as her USC thesis film; Ron Howard visited exactly once and 'just stayed out of the way.'
The screenplay was originally 40 pages—every cut to 18 minutes removed exposition and left only emotional architecture.
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