Lara Marian

Marathon runner Jonas Widmer is looking for a way to overcome his tragic past. As a result, he becomes more and more entangled in an ominous double life. The true drama about a well-known top athlete, who evolves into a serial offender.

The short film is about a dangerous form of manipulation. Gaslighting means one person overpowers another by manipulating their perception – through unsettling lies, flustering projection and constant guilt-shaming. Such mental and emotional abuse keeps the victim confused and conditioned on the gaslighter. In the end, the protagonist emancipates from the toxic relationship in a surprising way.

Already killing himself with drugs and alcohol, the anonymous Man in Gray accepts a deadly job delivering a mysterious suitcase for a shadowy organization, and finds himself running not just from himself, but anyone he comes in contact with.