Uber Ex

It’s Friday night and Kate and David are out on what feels like a potentially significant date. She has accompanied him to a friend’s engagement party. David is in love with her, and she’s definitely on her way but not there yet. David calls an Uber to take them home. It comes. They get in. The driver, Lev, is her old flame. Now, stuck in a car together for a long drive home, the three of them must navigate each other. Lev pursuing Kate. David threatened by Lev. And Kate, in the middle, trying to decide between the exhilaration of a volatile old flame and the stability of a newfound good bet. By the time the reach their first stop, David’s apartment, none of them know for certain what the future holds, but they all know enough to move, at least, one more step forward. (Orlando Film Festival)