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The desire to stay on the “right path,” to feel we are always exactly where we are supposed to be, can easily turn into an obsession. The pressure to maintain the persona we have built for ourselves, to keep our story tidy, consistent and flawless, becomes a quiet fear hovering over many of us. And how does it show itself? In perfectionism, in the terror that even the smallest mistake will ignite an unstoppable avalanche until everything collapses. I know this feeling too well. Whenever I am holding something good, a moment of clarity or meaning, my first thought is: How am I going to ruin this? What tiny mistake will make everything fall apart and make me hate myself forever? It is irrational and disproportionate, but it is there. And that is exactly who Guy is. His story may look absurd or comedic, but it comes from a very real fear. Guy is not stupid; he is going through an internal crisis. He suddenly realizes that the path he always followed, the clear and seemingly correct one, might never have been right for him. The total control he believed he had over his life begins to crack, and he refuses to accept it. It is a deep existential anxiety: knowing we have no real control over anything, yet being unable to live with that truth. Every small mistake, every deviation from routine, becomes a catastrophe in our minds, a domino of destructive thoughts impossible to stop. But on the other side of all this, there is humor. I have always been drawn to absurd comedies, stories that take something tiny and blow it into total madness. The idea of a man dedicating his life to returning a soda can he received by accident made me laugh. I always wanted to develop it, and this is simply where it led. And maybe, like Guy, I am also dealing with my own existential crises as I walk along the clear path set before me. Maybe, like this film, the only way I know how to cope is simply to laugh at it.
Country: Israel
T-Port Partner: Sapir College – School of Audio and Visual Arts
Shahar Debbie (29) - creator, writer, actor. I work in the worlds of creativity, copywriting, directing, and content for businesses. I’ve created sketches for the web and short films. I’ve performed stand-up in open mics and have solid experience in comedic writing.
Guy, a perfectionist and law-abiding groom-to-be, receives two cans from a vending machine instead of...
