Short film

Ratgirl

2025 · 19 min

A grimy, anxious slice of life that crawls under your skin with its unrelenting pressure and quiet despair.

Overview: Ratgirl, a diffident 19 year-old woman, as she and her older roommate Alice discover their apartment is infested with rats — a claim which is adamantly ignored by their miserly landlord. Over the course of a hellish fourty-eight hours, Ratgirl unconfidently navigates sexual harassment, housing instability, ex-friendships, and suppressed mental illness.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and cynical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, class, trauma, identity
Content: Strong language. Mild violence, gore and sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
class
trauma
identity
survival
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild