On a winter night in Atlantic City, the manager of a defunct casino must reckon with his parental failures when his unruly son needs help out of an illicit bind.
Acting
Will Patton's weathered face does entire monologues.
Cinematography
Neon-soaked winter Atlantic City is its own character.
Direction
Ian Barling trusts silence over exposition — rare in shorts.
Director
Ian Barling
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