Short film
The Moth
2025 · 22 min
A strange, sad little confession in a neon-lit room, mixing deadpan humour with quiet dread and a lingering ache.
- Directed by
- Juan Pablo Rivera Garza
- Genres
- Fantasy, Drama
- Starring
- Santiago Mallan, Michelle Moriarty, Claire Banse
- Tagline
- His life's a joke.
- Overview
- A disheveled, humanoid Moth, drawn into a 24/7 optometrist office by the allure of its neon-light sign, regales the attending physician about his troubling life story and insatiable cravings that led to the demise of his family.
- How it feels
- Dark, melancholic, absurd and eerie. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Grief, obsession, isolation, family
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Juan Pablo Rivera Garza
- Genres
- Fantasy, Drama
- Starring
- Santiago Mallan, Michelle Moriarty, Claire Banse
