Down-on-his-luck Alex is being evicted and has no choice but to sell everything he owns—except the one thing his deadbeat roommate warns him not to touch: the couch. What starts as a desperate garage sale spirals into chaos when a mysterious couple becomes obsessed with the forbidden furniture, and two thugs burst in, holding Alex hostage in search of someone —or something. With time running out and no help in sight, Alex realizes that the key to everything might just be under his butt all along. A comedic drama with the offbeat energy of a ‘90s rental store cult classic, The Couch is about what happens when rock bottom has a loveseat.
by Christopher Rivera, Evelyn Salazar, and Julio Ramirez (USA)
Cal Film Festival 