His heart explodes every time she walks by. Literally. Workplace romance is *complicated*.
A happy, code-typing worker android falls in love with his human female supervisor. Just one problem: every time he sees her, his heart literally explodes.
Practical Effects
Glorious practical explosions for every heartbreak.
Writing
Sharp satire of HR-speak applied to robot romance.
Acting
Busse's deadpan mechanical longing is *chef's kiss*.
Director
Robert Benjamin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Emerges from the 2010s wave of short films interrogating AI consciousness through dark comedy, alongside Ex Machina but with way less budget and way more workplace awkwardness.
The 'revenge fantasies' keyword isn't kidding—this short landed in festival circuits right when workplace harassment conversations were exploding, making its timing almost uncomfortably perfect.
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