It is the funniest, saddest, most romantic Rorschach test I have ever seen. The premise is simple: Sasha is a vampire. She has a problem. She is cripplingly, painfully empathetic. Unlike her boisterous, bloodthirsty family, she cannot bring herself to hunt. The sight of a human’s fear, the sound of their pulse spiking—it makes her physically ill. She is, for all intents and purposes, a vampire with a panic disorder.
When Sasha finds him, she doesn’t see a meal. She sees a loophole. Searching for- Humanist Vampire Seeking in-All ...
And Paul, this boy who walked into the night fully intending to disappear, suddenly finds himself in a 24-hour diner at 3 AM, teaching a 200-year-old vampire how to use an arcade punching machine. He is laughing. He is eating poutine. He is, for the first time in years, not thinking about the exit. The title is a "seeking" ad. A personal classified. It is the funniest, saddest, most romantic Rorschach
They find each other in the margins of a classified ad that doesn't exist. We live in an era of "situationships" and vague dating profiles. We swipe left on people who like pineapple pizza. And yet, here is a film that argues for radical honesty in connection. She is cripplingly, painfully empathetic