Hell Is Other People

Running time: 75 mins

Meet Morty, master of the awkward moment.

Single, unemployed and forever scrambling for money and love, Morty specializes in finding new ways to make his friends feel uncomfortable. Whether being talked into posing for an eccentric artist?s photo project or vainly trying to romance an ex-girlfriend with lines like ?You?re beautiful when you?re indignant,? he seems to have taken Sartre?s titular adage to heart. But is he really Chattanooga?s biggest loser, or a forlorn psychiatrist who just can?t seem to take his own advice? That?s the question at the heart of Jarrod Whaley?s deadpan treat. Charting the different relationships within a group of friends with lucid emotion and dry wit, the film manages to be both a wise comedy and a look at the characters? often painful need for human connection.

- Fernando Croce

Preceded by the short film: PARALLELS; Director: Frank Door, Country: USA, Film Info: 16 min - Caught in the middle of her own psychotic rampage Katie must come to grips with her own identity with the help of a stranger.

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