9 minutes. One cursed apartment. Zero escape clauses.
A superstitious Chinese student locks herself into a lease at a luxurious New York apartment, only to realize that her bedroom was the site of a recent homicide.
Direction
Miu stretches 9 minutes into infinite dread.
Acting
Yi's silent panic speaks every language.
Director
Clifford Miu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film weaponizes the Chinese tradition of 'hongbao'—lucky money—twisting it into a cursed transaction.
Miu shot this in his actual apartment; the 'luxury' building's peeling paint and flickering lights weren't production design.
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