Short film
Somebody Cares
2025 · 5 min
A tight, wry hostage standoff that mixes low-level menace with deadpan comedy, moving fast and leaving a faintly sour taste.
- Directed by
- Julien Lasseur
- Starring
- Shawn Parsons, Cjon Saulsberry, Kristin Hansen
- Overview
- After being taken hostage by a clumsy hit man at a cabin in the woods, Barry — a lonely middle-aged deadbeat — must convince his estranged sister to wire him his dead uncle’s inheritance before fate comes to collect.
- How it feels
- Dark, tense, absurd and cynical. Brisk and needs your attention.
- About
- Greed, family, isolation, deception
- 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
- Julien Lasseur
- Starring
- Shawn Parsons, Cjon Saulsberry, Kristin Hansen
