Linda knows that motherhood can be a nightmare. Again and again, she insists that she only needs a moment to herself. With her life in constant unrest, she reaches out to her therapist colleague for conversation while trying to navigate her child’s illness and keep track of her ever-absent husband. Then, suddenly, her patient goes missing too… The ceiling of Linda’s apartment caves in, and the domestic accident tears open the doors to surreal chaos. She ends up in a motel with her daughter, rolls herself a joint, drinks red wine, starts arguments with everyone she meets and struggles to keep afloat. Oh, when will it ever end? If only she could have some time alone.

A tornado of surreal events sweeps through the life of one woman, brought to life with neurotic camera strokes by American director Bronstein. The virtuoso Rose Byrne, winner of the Best Leading Performance at the Berlinale, serves as the film’s centre of gravity both symbolically and visually — we mostly see her in close-up, only glimpsing what unfolds around her. Disorientation, the frantic pace of events, untamed yet liberating humour, and vivid gonzo characters — alongside Byrne, comedian Conan O’Brien, musician A$AP Rocky, and Christian Slater — cram every state of despair into a single cup, which soon overflows. Linda is all of us: a little tired, overstimulated by life’s anxieties. With this, Bronstein introduces a new subgenre: the “existential rage comedy”.