You never know when you’re being watched. Especially when you’re at Table 7.

Synopsis

A couple has an intimate conversation in a restaurant, unaware that their every word is being closely monitored. However, not all is as it seems.

Review

That sounded a lot more ominous and creepy than Table 7 really is. You think you’re watching a couple having a very public and painful argument at a Chinese restaurant. Sounds pretty pedestrian, right?

That’s when we cut to the back room of the restaurant where one of the employees, wearing headphones, feverishly scribbles notes of the conversation in Chinese on a pad of paper. What exactly is going on here? Is he a spy? Are the couple sending some kind of coded message to their handlers back in Beijing?

That’s not the case. There is no grand espionage plot going on. In fact, by the time you get to the end, you feel like you saw part of Santa Claus’ secret elf operation at the North Pole. There are goodhearted people out there, and they sometimes resort to nefarious means to let you know they are on to you and do care.

This is a short film with a warm heart. More heart than a number of big-budget studio features out there.

What did you think of Table 7? Leave a comment below.

Information

Genre: Drama
Release Year: 2011
Country: United States
Runtime: 4 min 22 sec
Written and Directed by: Marko Slavnic
Co-Directed by: Andrew McDonald
Cast: Ray Rosales, Stephanie Lozos, Isaac Kim, Roger Chan, Kevin Chen
YouTube Channel: markoslavnic
Director’s Website: markoslavnic.com

Technical

Camera: RED One