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A woman breaks up. Gia has just broken up with her long-term partner of seven years. Codependent and a "relationship junkie," she's spinning out, finding herself alone and wandering late at night right after the event. She ends up in a convenience store, where her friends track her down, ply her with snacks and offer her support. With their raucous and loving help, they help Gia navigate her heartbreak, dream bigger and awaken from autopilot. Directed by Nardeep Khurmi and written by Crystal Boyd, this energetic yet introspective short dramedy focuses on one woman's existential reckoning after she breaks up suddenly with her long-term partner. Though she broke up with Abdul spontaneously, it was the culmination of many years of discontentment, and the breakup forces her to face the deeper issues that led to her choices to begin with. The subject and themes sound seriously, but the film brings the process of the post-relationship post-mortem to life with a more rowdy, vibrant spirit and a touch of late-night surrealism. We first meet Gia on her night out with her boyfriend, the scene rendered in plush, moody lighting and colors. But the date is anything but seductive or even enjoyable; Abdul is glued to his phone watching a game, and Gia is picking at her food. Tired of his apathy and detachment, she breaks up with him on the spot and heads out to meet her friends, who use her shared location to catch up with her at a convenience store. The register and tenor of the film shift from melancholic to vibrantly offbeat, the storytelling taking advantage of the pell-mell nature of the store and the strange characters it attracts at the late hour to inject absurdist humor into Gia's introspection, which ramps up as she navigates the impact of what she's just done. The writing is lively, insightful and a little spicy, balancing bawdiness with self-examination as Gia has visions of a paternal or authority figure berating her, as well as glimpses of her self as a child. As Gia, actor Crystal Boyd captures how it feels to be weighed down by a relationship that isn't working but has a long history behind it. With the help of her raucous but emotionally aware friends, she makes connections between her family history and her grown-up relationship history, and perhaps for the first time, asks herself what she truly wants for herself. Her choice is a quirky, whimsical, funny one, one that feels truly joyful, and it ends SAVAGE SEASON on a memorably lively, eccentric note. Gia's decision encourages all of us to get in touch with that inner child and honor what he or she needs. It's one of the most direct routes to self-love and joy -- along with knowing who your people are and keeping them close. SAVAGE SEASON. Courtesy of Crystal Boyd at https://linkin.bio/savageseason.