Short film
Public Speaking
16 min
A quiet, charged bus ride where teenage longing and nervous words hang in the air, tender and awkward.
- Directed by
- Noah Millman
- Starring
- David Thompson, Déa Julien, Molly Brown
- Tagline
- can you say the word?
- Overview
- Two high school debaters in the 1980s ride home together on a school bus after a tournament. He's a star who can speak about anything from nuclear weapons to farm subsidies - but can he tell his teammate how badly he wants to touch her?
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Coming-of-age, love, identity, loneliness
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Noah Millman
- Starring
- David Thompson, Déa Julien, Molly Brown
