Field Reports

An autistic documentary filmmaker studies two neurotypicals, trying to understand their shared way of being through objects, language and small social gestures. As the day draws on, his sense of alienation slowly emerges.

Cast

Jon Beaton

as the documentary filmmaker

Alma Rio Cromstege

as Sarah

Lander Merckx

as Tom

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