Details

Release year: 2022

Storyline

Hal attempts to end his secret relationship with dominatrix Rebecca. A battle of wills ensues over the course of one incredibly fraught night, with both struggling to keep the upper hand as the power dynamics swing wildly back and forth.

Top credits

Directors

Zachary Wigon

Writers

Micah Bloomberg

Cast

Christopher Abbott — Hal
Margaret Qualley — Rebecca
Francisco Castaneda — Man in the Hallway
Kathie Young — Woman in the Hallway

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Did you know

• Filmed over 18 days.

• In a 2023 interview with Slant Magazine, Zachary Wigon spoke about having a realization about one of the film's underlying themes after the fact: "I think the movie is about performance in so many ways. There are so many lines in the movie where characters say, 'Say the words that I told you to say, the words don't matter,' or, 'I wrote the scenes, all you did was say the words, this is the question that you're supposed to ask me next, I want you to stick to my script.' It's funny because when I was developing the script with Micah Bloomberg, there was never any conversation where we were like, 'Oh, this is about filmmaking or acting!' That never came up, but in retrospect, gosh, that is all over the story."

• Premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.