A pregnant woman, a priceless truffle, and a veteran who'd rather kill than share — pandemic noir gets weird.
During a pandemic, a pregnant restaurateur tries to rob a priceless truffle from a reclusive veteran.
Acting
Chantelle Han carries desperation in her shoulders.
Production
Diner-to-forest production design feels pandemic-unsettling.
Direction
Dual directors keep intimacy even when plot wobbles.
Director
Chantelle Han
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chantelle Han co-directed while playing lead — the pandemic production forced micro-crew intimacy that bleeds into the film's tension.
The truffle functions as pandemic toilet paper — absurd scarcity weaponized, making this accidentally the most 2021 film possible.
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