A magic button gives infinite pleasure. What could possibly go wrong? (Spoiler: everything.)
One day, Sasha gets hold of a mysterious device. A button that delivers incredible pleasure one press at a time. It seems that now he doesn’t need anything else in his life. But his girlfriend Tanya does not agree with this.
Writing
17 minutes of escalating dread from one stupid premise.
Acting
Samburskaya's silent fury while he vibes into the void.
Director
Sergey Filatov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of post-Soviet shorts using genre premises to explore millennial alienation and digital-era dopamine loops.
The 17-minute runtime is deliberate—any longer and the metaphor collapses under its own weight. It's a short film that knows it's a short film.
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