Michael Gavin and his partner Daniel trade the rat race of New York City for the idyllic charm of the Connecticut shoreline, with hopes of a simpler life and time for Michael to finish his first novel. All that changes when one of Michael's high school students accuses him of 'inappropriate conduct', and the town rushes to judgment.
Acting
Harner's contained panic will wreck you.
Writing
Refuses easy answers. Infuriatingly, bravely so.
Director
Steven Williford
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in actual Connecticut locations; the 'quaint' aesthetic deliberately weaponizes New England niceness as horror.
Released during peak 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' repeal era, it interrogates liberal America's conditional acceptance of gay men.
US
