Even after death, Nick’s abusive boyfriend Godfrey goes on pursuing him. But is it reality or a terrible nightmare awakened by murder?
Direction
Barch crams a feature's worth of dread into 19 minutes.
Acting
Chernov and Rogozhan make 19 minutes feel like a lifetime.
Editing
Seamless reality fractures that reward obsessive rewinding.
Director
Dima Barch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
TMDB's 8.5 from only 2 votes makes this either a hidden gem or a festival darling that hasn't broken out yet.
Russian indie horror rarely centers queer trauma this explicitly — Barch's short arrives as anti-gay legislation tightens, making its existence quietly radical.
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