A driven young medical resident transfers to a rural hospital for a fresh start. There, the demons of his past start to catch up to him when he becomes consumed by the case of a young asthma patient.
Acting
Namir Smallwood's trembling restraint carries every frame.
Sound
The wheezing score will make you check your own breathing.
Cinematography
Rural hospital as liminal purgatory—fluorescent and infinite.
Director
Alex Thompson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sidney Flanigan's first film since her breakthrough in Never Rarely Sometimes Always; she learned medical choreography from actual pediatric nurses.
Director Alex Thompson shot in a working hospital overnight shift, explaining the authentic institutional dread that no set could replicate.
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