A 45-minute Portuguese fever dream where dignity goes to die in fluorescent lighting.
An adaptation of the short story with the same name by Portuguese writer Mário de Carvalho.
Acting
Cerdeira's physical comedy of a man slowly unraveling.
Direction
De Carvalho's suffocating framing traps you in the room.
Writing
Dialogue so painfully authentic you'll swear you've lived it.
Director
Tiago P. de Carvalho
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mário de Carvalho's original story skewered Portuguese middle-class pretensions; the film updates this to gig economy precarity.
The entire film was shot in a single location over two days with natural lighting only.
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