Frat bros, trust falls, and something deeply wrong beneath the surface.
A lonely young man uncovers a series of disturbing secrets when he gets inducted into an all-male safe space.
Direction
Attanasio's precision—every frame builds dread in 13 minutes.
Acting
Campbell's escalating dread vs. the group's forced camaraderie.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes therapy-speak and male bonding clichés.
Director
Annabelle Attanasio
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Annabelle Attanasio made this while developing her feature Mickey and the Bear, testing how quickly she could establish unease.
The film premiered at Cannes Critics' Week, where programmers specifically noted its eerie prescience about wellness culture and male self-help groups pre-2020.
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