Twelve minutes to watch a man rot. You'll need longer to forget it.
A hermit’s decaying refuge on the edge of civilisation is shattered by his estranged son’s arrival.
Acting
Paul Trussell carries decades of unspoken damage in one tremor.
Cinematography
Every frame reeks of damp wood and regret.
Director
Tom Churchill
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tom Churchill built the hermit's shack himself over three weekends in Dorset, then aged it with actual moisture damage.
The 12-minute runtime mirrors the average duration of estranged family reunions that collapse before dessert—Churchill's bitter structural joke.
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