Thirteen minutes that'll wreck you more than most three-hour epics.
Lifelong friends Danny and Mark, both seventeen, struggle with the awkwardness of saying goodbye the night before Danny leaves for university in the city. Mark will stay behind to work on his father's farm, hoping someday to buy some land of his own.
Acting
Hachey and Keltz load silences with entire novels.
Cinematography
Golden-hour farmland as emotional prison.
Writing
Everything unsaid is the whole point.
Director
Bill Taylor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in rural Nova Scotia with local non-professionals in supporting roles, giving the farm community authentic texture.
A rare 2000s short that treats rural working-class queerness with tenderness rather than tragedy-porn — no suicide, no beating, just the quiet devastation of timing.
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