A midnight cake heist unravels a family's entire performance of masculinity in 11 deliciously uncomfortable minutes.
When closeted 16-year-old Adam Veneer us forbidden to ear a cake by his fitness-freak hyper-masculine father, he decides to steal a piece in the middle of the night -- inadvertently discovering a secret about his father that will change their relationship forever.
Writing
The framing device of Dr. Connoway's mediation is *chef's kiss* brutal.
Acting
Looney's Roy: terrifying, pathetic, and weirdly sympathetic.
Direction
Newman makes 11 minutes feel like a lifetime of inherited shame.
Director
Sonny Newman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The entire film was shot in director Sonny Newman's actual childhood home in suburban Ohio.
The title's faux-academic framing parodies the 2010s trend of 'prestige' trauma narratives marketed as healing content. Adam's story refuses that tidiness.
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