Commit

Running time: 90 mins

The day-to-day becomes suspenseful as a casual date turns into the love of a lifetime.

Two strangers, after chatting online, arrange to meet for coffee at a café somewhere in New York City. Almost immediately, they spark a conversational current that carries us through their personal histories and intimate secrets. Filled with tension and suspense, the story of ?Sylvia? and ?Steiner? unfolds in a mesmerizing assault of rapid-fire dialogue rife with humor. Disappointed in their careers - as a substitute teacher and a cop - and past love affairs, they cook up a bizarre plan that seems destined to cure their respective woes.

Winner of several film festival awards for both direction and acting, Commit delivers strong, humorous and heartfelt ruminations on the bittersweet topics of life, love, death, the afterlife, redemption and futility.

Lauren Spiro