“IF DEATH DOESN’T PLAY CHESS, TRY ASKING FOR 5 MORE MINUTES.”
Luca Venditto, a down-on-his-luck filmmaker drowning in student debt from film school, scrapes by working in a restaurant to make ends meet. One ordinary afternoon, while clearing tables, he encounters an unusual guest-a lawyer-looking man in a stark black suit, exuding an eerie presence. As Luca reaches for the plates, the man commands him to sit, calmly revealing that today is the day scheduled, or more commonly known as "destined", for Luca to die. Threatening to suicide and thus disrupt the arrangement of destiny, Luca holds the the mysterious man (Personification of Death) at gunpoint, demanding a last chance to rewrite his story. Granted just five minutes, he races against time to confront his deepest regrets, from ruined career opportunities to broken relationships. But as the clock ticks down, he discovers that even the smallest slice of time can hold the key to redemption—or seal his fate torever.
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Quinlan Welch
Phil Graves “Death”
Also in
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Logan Turk
Luca S. Venditto
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Emma Kvart
Elena Gunn
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Addison Swegles
Barbra K. Venditto
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Tavish Dungan
Harry Steinberg Jr.
Also in
Sight of the Fact
Industry Abnormal
Piper Lodato
Grace Murphy
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Industry Abnormal
Edward Burden
Will Barrymore
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Sight of the Fact
Tuolumne Bunter
Grant Murphy
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Gabriel Nieman
Dr. Suratchi
Also in
Sight of the Fact
Assyl Rassulkyzy
Clara Simpson
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Timothy Abrams
College Student/Restaurant Ghost
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Elijah Ai
College Student/Lizzie’s Waitress
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Maxwell Wang Director · Andy X. Wilson Cinematographer
First release May 19, 2025 · Produced in United States, China
Production
LiGhtBØX Pictures
Production
United States · China
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 19, 2025
Premiere · 78th Festival de Cannes Market Catalogue
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 12, 2025 · Premiere · 9th Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival
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