9 minutes to break your heart — this grief hits like a gut punch.
A father and husband going through the fourth stage of grief confronts his wife in hopes of getting their family back together.
Acting
Macken and Murray weaponize silence — every twitch matters.
Direction
Petersen traps you in a single space, grief has nowhere to hide.
Editing
Ruthless economy — not a second wasted.
Director
Eduardo Petersen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Kübler-Ross 'five stages' framework has been widely debunked as linear, yet here it becomes a prison — Ross is stuck performing 'acceptance' while rage and bargaining leak everywhere.
Eoin Macken reportedly did 30+ takes of the kitchen confrontation to find the exact tremor in his hands — the one that reads as desperate, not threatening.
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