After an unusual online encounter, a lonely man is challenged to step out from behind his computer screen and shatter long-lived inhibitions to claim the touch of another human being.
Acting
Aaron Bradshaw's physical vulnerability carries the entire emotional arc.
Direction
Halpern makes a laptop screen feel like a prison.
Director
Arthur Halpern
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
P.J. Brennan was a soap opera star on One Life to Live before this indie pivot.
The film premiered at Outfest the same year Grindr added video chat — timing that accidentally aged its premise into nostalgia.