A desperate man places a bizarre classified ad to end his life, but a strange turn of events occurs when an aimless girl decides to answer. As their lives collide, they realize the smallest choices can be the difference between life and death.
Acting
Tara Shayne's October is maddening and magnetic
Writing
Dialogue that finds laughs in the bleakest corners
Production
Chicago's gray anonymity as third character
Director
Josh Hope
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 10 days on a shoestring budget in actual Chicago locations, including the real diner where the climax takes place.
The film quietly inverts the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope — October's chaos isn't cute, it's genuinely destabilizing, and Alex has to choose whether that's saving or destroying him.
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