Late one night in a state prison, Victor, a meticulous cook, is assigned to prepare the final meal for Marcus, a man awaiting execution. What begins as a procedural duty turns into an unexpected communion: Marcus has requested a simple home-cooked meal, fried chicken, peanut-butter-and-jelly, and peach cobbler, recipes from his mother.
As Victor cooks and Marcus remembers, their conversation dissolves the distance between guilt and compassion. In the sterile kitchen’s hum, the two men uncover the humanity the system forgot. When midnight comes, what remains is not closure, but connection, a fleeting taste of home in a place built to erase it.
by Will Scott (USA)
Cal Film Festival 