She lived because a stranger pushed her. Now she needs to know why he saved her.
When a young woman is shoved out of a cafe moments before a grenade is detonated by the very man who commits the attack, she struggles with the guilt of survival as she attempts to uncover the reason why her life was spared when so many others were taken.
Acting
Jessica Parker Kennedy's silent breakdown in the bathroom—devastating.
Direction
Donelle makes 13 minutes feel like a lifetime of guilt.
Editing
The grenade-to-grief cut is brutal, purposeful, unforgettable.
Director
Julianne Donelle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Donelle shot this in a single cafe location over two days, using the same space before/after hours to create temporal disorientation.
The 0.0 TMDB rating isn't failure—it's obscurity. This festival circuit short deliberately resists algorithmic categorization, which is honestly the most 2020 thing possible.
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