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Rug Burn

2024 · 6 min

A brief, wry slice of retail life that turns an odd customer encounter into a wry question about love.

Directed by
Devin Gillis
Starring
Cassidy Karin, Jedd Sharp, Puja Nundy
Overview
A dramedy short film about Rosemary, a young woman working at a rug store, who begins to question true love when a paranoid and suspicious couple walk into her store in need of a rug - and fast.

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Directed by
Devin Gillis
Starring
Cassidy Karin, Jedd Sharp, Puja Nundy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • work
  • identity
  • deception
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Directed by
Devin Gillis
Written by
Devin Gillis
Starring
Cassidy Karin, Jedd Sharp, Puja Nundy
Runtime
6 min

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