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“When your life feels exposed, who controls the frame?”
Tim drifts through a day shadowed by comparison and quiet despair, weighed down by his brother’s success and impending fatherhood. As he becomes aware of the camera following him, private moments turn into observation, and paranoia gives way to defiance. Blending intimate psychological drama with meta-cinema, the film explores vulnerability, surveillance, and the moment a man takes control of the narrative—and the lens—himself.
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EN

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.

Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.