Two sisters play a game of tag that gets out of hand. Writer/director Shane Ryan uses the deceptively simple premise to deliver a fiercely confrontational meditation on guilt and assuming responsibility for the negative consequences of one's past bad actions. The intense emotional performances by Eri Akita and Mariko Wordell give this short an extra potent kick you in the gut impact; the scenes with these two girls naked and crying while cutting themselves are awful hard to watch. Ginnetta Correli's stark shadowy cinematography and Arturo Guerrero's spare moody score further enhance the overall jarring nature of this undeniably grim, yet still effective little shocker.
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