MUGRI

[In Post-production]

2022

SYNOPSIS

Amidst a New York city-wide curfew, Iranian-in-exile GIV is stuck in a closet-sized Chinatown apartment with an illusive cat that he somehow never sees. Unable to sleep, he turns to the internet to pacify his insomnia, swiftly falling down the wormhole of online conspiracy theories. Sleep-deprivation and screen-fatigue soon take hold. Giv starts to wonder if the building could be haunted. After another sleepless night, he finds a mysterious woman sprawled out asleep on the living room couch.

The INTRUDER—a take-no-prisoners Afro-Latina—who barges into Giv’s world, is the embodiment of New York hustle-mode. With no explanation as to why she is there, she immediately takes over the tiny space, increasing Giv’s claustrophobia, sending them both spiraling into a psycho-surrealist battle zone.