In response to hearing the news of Sam being dumped by her boyfriend Sam's mother, Ella, offers a solution to her situation- get prettier. Ella, inspired by a slimming ad from Facebook implements a strict low-calorie, slimming diet onto a helpless and isolated Sam. From here Sam grows hungrier and one night decides to sneak into the kitchen for some food but instead finds the carcass of a rat. Turning to her subconscious and dead rat for answers Sam learns to accept the tender and anamorphic act needed for her transformation into freedom.
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Jack-Murray Birrell
Screen Academy Scotland
