Iris invites her friend Jack to stay at her family's island getaway after the death of his brother. At their remote cabin, Jack's drunken encounter with Hannah, Iris' sister, kicks off a revealing stretch of days.
Acting
DeWitt and Duplass improv that one-night-stand scene to perfection.
Direction
Shelton's mumblecore mastery—three people, one cabin, infinite tension.
Writing
Dialogue so natural you'll forget it's scripted.
Director
Lynn Shelton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The entire film was shot in just 12 days on a real cabin property in Washington's San Juan Islands, with cast improvising most dialogue from Shelton's 3-page outline.
This is peak mumblecore—Duplass-produced, microbudget, emotionally raw, and proof that 2010s indie cinema could make three people talking feel like a pressure cooker.
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