Looking for two leads for an upcoming short film set during the 2008 recession. The film follows an immigrant woman struggling to financially support her mother back home while trapped in a deteriorating marriage with her unemployed husband. As resentment, isolation, and desperation build over the course of one night, the tension inside their home slowly turns violent.

Female Lead (Must speak another language) — Immigrant woman trapped in a collapsing marriage during the 2008 recession crisis. Living in America with her husband while struggling to support her sick mother back home.

HUSBAND — white, early 20s-30s male. The characters is a consevative who has been recently unemployed during the recession. He’s controlling, insecure, bitter and convinced that all of his misfortune is caused from immigrants coming to the US.

The film is an intimate psychological drama with horror elements centered around immigration, economic desperation, and marriage.