

24 minutes. One impossible choice. Zero room to breathe.
A hardworking insecure girl from a family fallen into poverty is forced to make an irreversible sacrifice to save her family, and her dreams of continuing education.
Acting
Saxby's contained panic is absolutely shattering.
Direction
Repetti's cramped framing squeezes air from every scene.

Director
Alessandro Repetti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Repetti adapted this from his own unpublished novel, written during his postgraduate years watching peers trade futures for survival.
The finance advisor's office was shot in an actual UK jobcentre after hours — the fluorescent hum is authentic institutional dread.