Wes is awakened in the middle of the night by an unexpected phone call. It’s Alison, the girl who could have been, who is flying home to Tokyo in the morning and wants to come by for a night of reminiscing before she goes.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like ex-lovers circling each other
Acting
Joey Kern and Alexandra Holden's lived-in chemistry
Director
François Dompierre
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in just 14 days on a shoestring budget in Los Angeles, with most scenes filmed in the actual apartment of a crew member. The claustrophobic intimacy is partly real.
The title references the untranslatable Portuguese 'saudade' and Japanese 'mono no aware' — both cultures' words for beautiful, painful longing for things that never were.
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