Takeaway
2023 · 13m · Denmark
Directed by Darshika Karunahara
A food delivery driver named Sheena encounters her childhood friend Calvin while delivering in a wealthy suburb and crashes a peculiar dinner party that exposes cultural divides, pressures to assimilate, and hidden prejudices.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
Uninvited dinner-party intrusion exposing class and race in wealthy Denmark — solid premise, 140K Vimeo views, and Get Out comparisons that nobody should make casually. The setup is sharp; the genre is crowded.
A delivery driver crashing a wealthy dinner party as a pressure chamber for class and race recalls Östlund's Triangle of Sadness compressed and Danish — a setup so durable it can carry uneven execution. The jump cuts and sound design suggest the form is engaged rather than incidental.
Thirteen thirty-three of a delivery driver crashing a wealthy childhood friend's dinner party — the location compression and jump cuts plus intense sound design is exactly how you turn a single-room class confrontation into something cinema-shaped. 140K views says the tension lands.
Reviews
Tense, gripping, an easy watch with some uncomfortable spots. Well executed.
Fantastic sound design, nice cinematography — felt like a pressure chamber.
Festivals
- Palm Springs International ShortFest 2024