Cortisol

This film was created in just 48 hours during the 2019 Rotterdam 48 Hour Film Project. A talented and dedicated professional team worked against the clock to complete the movie just before sunset, crafting a gripping story of rivalry, desire, and human fragility.

Two amateur golfers, one living with a physical handicap, engage in a fierce rivalry, not just on the course, but secretly competing to win the heart of the woman who accompanies them. She is their caddie, caught in the middle as their battle grows increasingly intense and volatile.

As tension and cortisol levels rise, their personal vulnerabilities, their actual “handicaps”, are laid bare. In their desperate struggle for victory and affection, they begin to lose sight of her entirely.

Who will get stuck in the rough, both on the fairway and in love?