Two men, one casual encounter, and all the quiet chaos between longing and avoidance. A line about feeding a cat becomes a neat excuse to dodge real intimacy.
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I Should Feed My Cat (2022)
5.9
A Chilean man living in Brussels searches for a connection… but his intense fear of intimacy may end up leading him astray. A 17-minute short film from director Abram Cerda.
I Should Feed My Cat is a compact, quietly piercing short by Rafael Mendonça. It starts as small talk between strangers, slides into playful flirtation, then stalls in that fragile zone where curiosity meets fear. The dialogue feels unforced and lived in, the silences do their own talking, and the city around them stays politely out of the way.
What works
- Minimalism with purpose – no score, no tricks, just tension you can hear breathing.
- Natural dialogue – hesitant, a bit messy, exactly how people fumble when they want more but do less.
The line that stings
“I still have to feed my cat.” It lands like a soft punch.
