A con artist meets her match in a 10-minute heist of the heart.
Holly Dorfer is a grifter. Her life has been a series of let downs. She finally believes she's hit the big time with her new young, rich and handsome husband. But it turns out he was a bigger con than she. When he comes to an untimely death, Holly is left with nothing but half a lottery ticket. The other half of the ticket is in the hands of Eric Beck; he just doesn't know he has it. And it's a winning ticket. It's up to to Holly to convince the unemployed Eric to take her on a road trip where she plans to relieve him of his half of the ticket and collect the winnings. All appears to be going to plan until she falls in love with the unemployed novelist.
Writing
Wildly ambitious plot density for a 10-minute runtime.
Acting
Camille Stopps sells Holly's spiral from schemer to smitten.
Director
Carlo Liconti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Carlo Liconti reportedly shot this in a single day as a proof-of-concept for a feature expansion that never materialized.
The Black Cat Bartender serves as Greek chorus and plot accelerator in roughly 45 seconds of screen time—an efficiency that puts Oscar winners to shame.
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