A deputy coroner void of human connection finds solace in the company of the recently deceased.
Acting
Kathryn Prescott's hollow-eyed restraint says everything.
Direction
Swinburne makes a morgue feel weirdly cozy.
Writing
Twelve minutes, zero wasted seconds.
Director
David Swinburne
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Swinburne shot this in an actual unused hospital morgue in upstate New York over two freezing nights.
The film quietly critiques how service workers—coroners, cleaners, carers—are expected to perform emotional labor while being emotionally invisible themselves.
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