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2019 · 10m · USA
Directed by Doron Max Hagay
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic, melancholic
A self-absorbed L.A. woman whose husband has vanished invites an old acquaintance she finds sleeping in her car to stay the night. The dinner becomes an overnight, the overnight becomes a slow-motion social car crash.
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Two women trapped in a house pretending grief is hospitality — Hagay weaponizes politeness until it draws blood. The awkwardness is the plot.
Doron Max Hagay turns disappearance into an overnight sleepover that won't end — Frances Ha if Frances were cruel to herself in a quieter, slower register. Two leads, no exits, and that's the form working.
Two leads, one house, no exits — Doron Max Hagay processing grief through deadpan oversharing and an extended sleepover with a near-stranger. Hagay's hall-of-fame mention plus the Beeken/Fullan collaboration is enough confidence.
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Hagay is in Hall of Fame form, showcasing the leads' oddly compelling chemistry and singular comic timing.