Leialani Nicol

Twenty-three years after being torn apart during the 1998 Jakarta riots, high school sweethearts Laela and Colin unexpectedly reunite in Los Angeles. With a cross-country move looming and a major career deadline ticking, the two share one powerful day revisiting what was—and what still might be.

A short film about our social behaviors, the complexity of emotion and, ultimately, the nature of being human. Two couples get together after some time. In the process of catching up, making dinner and eating, each member of the party touches in on their inner emotional states.