Ireland / 2025 / Fiction / 14’4”I2602914
Marianne, a young woman on the verge of homelessness, moves through a single, unrelenting day in a city that feels like it’s closing in around her. When Paul invites her to a house viewing, it feels like a fleeting glimmer of hope. Finding solace in the warmth of Paul’s wife Shelly, Marianne allows herself to believe she might have found a way out. But as the day unfolds, their generosity takes a darker turn as she finds herself caught in a space where the lines between help and exploitation are dangerously blurred. Forced to confront the quiet manipulations of sex-for-rent exploitation, Marianne navigates a world that preys on vulnerability. No Time Wasters is a raw and unflinching portrait of survival, capturing the fragile moments where resilience is pushed to its limits.
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