A long term couple on the verge of closing their open relationship find themselves in uncharted territory when one of them forms an intense connection with a younger man. Their individual fears and desires collide over a hot Texas summer.
Acting
Abramson's quiet panic, Grant's dangerous warmth.
Cinematography
Texas heat you can feel through the screen.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like people fumbling through feelings.
Director
Tyler Rugh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for roughly $15K, this became a festival darling precisely because it treats polyamory as mundane relationship drama, not spectacle.
The directors (a real-life couple) shot in their actual Austin neighborhood; that backyard party scene? Their friends, their house, their lived experience bleeding in.