Two guys, one bed, endless tremors—Mother Nature is the ultimate cockblock.
Two guys are trying to have sex, but the earthquakes keep coming back, interfering with their intimate moment. Too scared to fall asleep, they stay up all night to share their earthquake memories.
Direction
Iwasa turns 14 minutes into an eternity of nervous tension.
Acting
Two performers, one room, zero escape from emotional honesty.
Director
Hiroki Iwasa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Iwasa made this as a response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, using gay intimacy to explore collective Japanese trauma rarely depicted in queer cinema.
The title 'Solid' ironically references both solid bedrock and the fragility of solidifying a relationship when external chaos keeps interrupting.
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