After yet another breakup, Mitch gets intervened on by his closest friends and steered towards therapy as an option to break his various self-sabotaging cycles. Battling his problems with communication, fear, depression, and anxiety, Mitch reaches a breaking point and in a moment of impulsivity, he adopts a miniature horse that has dwarfism and anxiety issues.
Acting
Belliveau plays messy authenticity like a cringe mirror to your soul.
Writing
Therapy sessions hit different when your co-star has four legs.
Director
Jacques Belliveau
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jacques Belliveau cast himself as Mitch after struggling to find an actor willing to play that vulnerable for an indie budget. The miniature horse was a rescue with actual anxiety, not trained acting.
Released during peak 'sadcom' era (Fleabag, BoJack), this flew under the radar despite being one of the few millennial depression narratives centered on male friendship rather than romantic relationships.
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