13 minutes to break your heart and rebuild it sideways.
A desperate young woman must overcome amnesia in order to understand her strange surroundings and finally be reunited with her daughter.
Acting
Beecham's silent panic speaks volumes.
Direction
Maher weaponizes runtime against you.
Editing
Disorienting cuts mirror fractured memory.
Director
Alexandra Maher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title's tortoise metaphor—slow, shelled, surviving—haunts the film's frantic pace.
Maher shot this in an abandoned hospital wing; Beecham stayed in character between takes, unnerving crew.
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