Short Film of the Month August 2025
By Matthew Jehle with 7.1
comedy · Short Films · english
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The film is a hilarious and fully entertaining take on an unspoken rule of society, and how it comes to define an exchange between the protagonist and one of his friends. The question in the film’s title is what gets the ball rolling. The protagonist’s initial reply to it is commonplace and perfunctory…until it’s not.
Next follows a barrage of truly terrible things that have happened to him in a short duration, ensuring that the caller, his friend on the other side, is caught off guard and completely unsure of what to say when someone replies to this mundane greeting in a manner out of the accepted norms.
The thought thus presented is meaningful and honest, but it never becomes didactic or burdens the narrative. It also eschews needless frivolity. This ensures that the film keeps the viewer involved throughout, even if at the expense of the hapless protagonist.
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