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Synopsis: Self condemned to the immense and boundless prison of the Mojave desert, Phoenix leads a life of forced isolation, living by himself in a house as far away as possible from the rest of the world. Phoenix does one thing and one thing only: he digs holes. Every month he digs a hole in the middle of nowhere and buries something. The last stronghold of society stands with the man that frequently delivers his mail. When one day the delivery doesn't happen by the hand of his trustworthy mailman, but by that of the beautiful and quizzical Ariel, Phoenix's life derails in an escalation that leads him to dangerous consequences which will be impossible to escape.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Valerio Esposito
Production: Hot Tub Films
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.6
NOT RATED
Year:
2016
78 min
25 Views


with half a glass

of pure malt whiskey,

and I chase the whole

thing with two Vicodin.

Don't get me wrong, it's

all absolutely legal,

you only need 20 bucks

and a doctor prescription.

But the wise blend of

these three guys here

have such a mystical effect,

compared to this a shot of

cocaine is a little peck.

In this state I can spend hours

reading nutrition facts

on food boxes.

They can tell you

your whole family

has been exterminated by a

group of Islamic fundamentalists

and react to the news

with a cheerful shrug.

Saturday is

for grocery shopping.

(electronic music)

(ball bouncing)

What the hell's going on

around here?

Hey, hey go out there.

Here you go, hey hey.

Catch, good catch,

what's your name?

What's your name?

- Geronimo.

- Like the Indian?

- Hi.

- Hey.

- I'm sorry for that.

- That's okay.

My son Danny gets a

little wilder out here.

Danny, I thought his name

was Geronimo?

[Luigi] I'm Luigi.

- Luigi?

- Yeah.

Wow, Phoenix.

(laughing)

- Thanks for the ball.

- Sure, sure, sure.

My wife Charlotte is making

home made to eat tonight.

Why don't you join us

for dinner?

(laughing)

[Phoenix] No, I mean, I can't.

- Ah come on, it will be fun.

- No it won't be.

You can bring your, do you

live with someone else here?

No I'm alone, I'm alone.

[Luigi] Alone, come

on guy, it'll be nice.

No, no. (stammering)

That's our house, yellow

house, see you at eight okay?

- No I wish I...

- See you tonight.

- No no, what's your name?

- See you tonight, okay.

- I wish I could but I can't...

- Okay okay.

- I can't, I don't know how...

- See you tonight.

So, Luigi's from

Italy, I'm from Belgium.

We met each other at an

airport in Hong Kong.

Now we ended up living here

in the middle of the desert.

Yeah.

You know we used to travel

so much.

We went to Peru, Japan, Greece.

Whenever we got a chance

to leave

we would hit the road.

Then you know the last few years

our sales are getting

lower and lower.

[Charlotte]

And life's cheap here so...

- Mom, can I have some cookies?

- Sure.

I'll grab treats for everybody.

So, Phoenix,

what brings you up here?

Or down, depends on what

direction you're looking at it.

I fly, I mean I used

to fly, fly an engine.

I was a wing suit demo jumper.

You know those guys that

jump from a plane at an event

in an aerodynamic suit

that's sponsored

by some energy drink.

I was one of those guys,

I was pretty good, too.

- Wow, what a job.

- Yeah.

And you've always lived here

in the middle of the desert?

No.

That's something, no.

Are these the same cookies

as the old,

not that stinking crap again?

Danny, language.

They're the same

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