Two strangers wake up in a bar with no memory and are told to play a game they can't refuse. The animation renders every micro-expression of dawning horror with surgical precision, but what makes this hit is simpler: by minute twenty, you realize the game stopped mattering the moment they arrived. A 25-minute film that compresses the entire architecture of a human life into a rigged match, then dismantles your certainty about what fairness even means.
Two men arrive in a place called Quindecim with no idea how they came to be there. A young woman meets them and leads them to a bar where a bartender is waiting. They learn they must play a game picked at random by roulette, and that they cannot leave until it is finished. Refusing would bring dire consequences, and they are told to play as though their lives depend on it. The roulette lands on billiards. What looks like an ordinary pool match turns sinister, as the pair begin to realize the result could decide whether they live or die. Mystery, drama and psychological thriller meet in this film.