A homophobic technician helps a transvestite record the tale of a writer who longs to lead her characters' lives.
Writing
Three nested narratives eating their own tails.
Acting
Wilcock's uncomfortable transformation as Harry.
Director
Bashar Shbib
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bashar Shbib directed 20+ micro-budget features in the 90s; this is his most structurally ambitious.
The film's Russian doll structure predates Adaptation. by five years—Shbib was doing Charlie Kaufman before Charlie Kaufman.