@celeste_writes
A patient, formally daring work — the cinematography lingers on empty rooms longer than most audiences will tolerate, but those who stay are rewarded with the most haunting final act of the year.
The ennui of a filmmaker, trapped between aspiration and reality, frames Lana Jing’s quirky, sarcastic, and cinematic-joke filled quarter-life crisis. At her lecture hall job, where aging white men wax on, self-involved, Lana accidentally frames her friend and co-worker when she destroys the only copy of an aging tech-bro’s high-profile lecture. Lana is forced to navigate stop motion animation, a secret admirer, and terrible bridge traffic to sort out a way forward to her destiny… kinda.
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1h 26m
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Key Crew
DirectorAlex Zajicek
WriterAlex Zajicek
CinematographyAnna Cadena
ComposerMike Sweetland
EditorAlex Zajicek
Production DesignJ. Hugo Fat
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Peculiar PelículaAqlex Productions
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Critics & Reviews
3 featured@jhalberg
I walked in expecting another genre exercise and walked out feeling like I'd been eavesdropping on a confession. The lead performance is genuinely singular — a career-defining turn.
@priya_a
A few too many scenes feel borrowed from a better film, but the soundtrack and the production design carry the rest. Solid recommendation for fans of slow-burn European thrillers.
Cast
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Sarah Lee
Lana K. Jing
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Anna Marie Sharpe
Monica Walker
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Davied Morales
Burd Juarez
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Chris Morrell
Michael Stevens
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Kelechi Nwadibia
Will Johnson
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Katherine Park
Bertha
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Chesi Ho
Candace Jing
Jerry McDaniel
Lecturer 3
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Griffin Daley
Lecturer 1
Tom E. Brown
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J. Hugo Fat
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Hugh Macalister
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Adam Thayer
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Danielle Bacanskas
Barista
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Mike Sweetland
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