Bare Luxuries

Bare Luxuries

With her landlord only offering a few hours to pay her late rent, Anya, a free-spirit music lover, must find a way to sell off her prized possessions before being evicted. With the clock ticking, Anya calls up her closest friends, hoping that any of them will purchase her items. As she barters over the phone, she is haunted by a tent across the street belonging to a homeless woman who is not shown, which to her imagination she pictures herself living in. After a string of rejections, Anya begins to receive offers but accidentally spills coffee on her most valuable record. Now, with only minutes to spare, Anya sells off nearly everything she owns for little to no money.

Anya wakes up the next day and it is revealed that she has barely made rent. As she goes to look out her front window she can see that the tent belonging to the homeless woman has disappeared. As she leaves to go deliver her stuff, she bumps into her neighbor who tells her that the police kicked the homeless woman out from across the street. While Anya sullenly looks across the street to the remains, events flashback to the day prior, revealing the actual homeless woman sitting on the street with one of her only possessions, a potted plant.

Directed by Armando Smith (USA)

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