A lone front desk attendant in an isolated motel must battle his anxiety disorder, cleaning obsession and possible motel contamination while serving quarantined guests in the middle of a deadly global pandemic.
This tersely lyrical meditation on sex and gender roles from Joanna Arnow features two fed-up mermaids lounging on a beach, drinks in hand, as they vent and commiserate over underacknowledged frustrations and unspoken desires.