What if your relationship was more infested than your mattress?
After bedbugs invaded their apartment, Sarah and Juan finally return to their home. An exterminator has turned everything upside-down to make sure the couple can reclaim a bug-free life as well as their intimacy. Sarah, who is paranoid that the bedbugs might return, decides to leave the apartment after an argument with Juan. Juan, on the other hand, is attempting to save his relationship whilst also getting rid of the nasty insects. When Sarah decides to finally come back it seems like not all bedbugs are gone...
Acting
Margueron and Warnier sell escalating absurdity with straight faces.
Direction
Wursten stretches nine minutes into complete narrative implosion.
Director
Axel Wursten
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Axel Wursten made this as a proof-of-concept for features; it premiered at Clermont-Ferrand, the world's biggest short film festival.
The 9-minute runtime mimics a bedbug's feeding cycle — you're uncomfortable, then it's over, then you keep itching. Wursten knows exactly what he's doing.
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