Directed by:
Mercedes Bryce MorganScreenplay:
Leah WelchCinematography:
Nick MatthewsCast:
Morgan Saylor, Myko Olivier, Keith Powell, Laura Coover, Christiana Montoya, Kat Foster, David Yow, Danilo CrovettiVOD (4)
Plots(1)
Millicent is taking a semester off from her studies to concentrate on her thesis about children with severe allergies, which makes her the perfect person to take care of little Johnny, a sickly, mute child who suffers from every allergy under the sun, from nickel to artificial fabric. His overbearing mother, Rebecca, is an accomplished author who is focused on her latest book release, while his dissatisfied father, Jacob, spends sweaty, shirtless days toiling away on a carpentry project in the backyard. Lacking a family of her own and seeking escape from the creepy arrangement she has with a father figure (David Yow), Millicent enmeshes herself in the family’s dysfunctional lives — forming a disturbing bond with the young Johnny, carrying on a torrid affair with Jacob, and taking more liberal use of the LSD that she micrordoses as part of a therapeutic regimen. As Johnny’s behavior becomes increasingly violent and Millicent’s disturbing hallucinations grow more prevalent, the threads all converge, threatening to throw Rebecca’s tidy world into chaos. (Fantastic Fest)
(more)Cast
![Morgan Saylor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/093/886/93886084_cc9271.jpg)
Morgan Saylor
USA
Best movies:
McFarland, USA (2015)
Being Charlie (2015)
White Girl (2016)
Myko Olivier
USA
Best movies:
Spoonful of Sugar (2022)
Fun Size Horror: Volume One (2015)
Mothers of the Bride (2015)
![Keith Powell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/032/163032894_bb1b6b.jpg)
Keith Powell
USA
Best movies:
The Beta Test (2021)
Spoonful of Sugar (2022)
Syrup (2013)
Laura Coover
Best movies:
The Beta Test (2021)
Spoonful of Sugar (2022)
Another Happy Day (2011)
Christiana Montoya
Best movies:
A Man Called Otto (2022)
The Guilty (2021)
Spoonful of Sugar (2022)
![Kat Foster](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/444/444430_51a909.jpg)
Kat Foster
USA
Best movies:
Spoonful of Sugar (2022)
Desperation Road (2023)
Rebirth (2016)
David Yow
USA
Best movies:
Dinner in America (2020)
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017)
Big Money Rustlas (2010)
Danilo Crovetti
Best movies:
Spoonful of Sugar (2022)