'A Small Body'

Seeking cast for “A Small Body," a two-person drama. Set in a research lab late at night, the film follows a lab manager and a graduate student as a routine procedure brings them into an unexpected conflict over the fate of a single albino rat. "A Small Body" is a quiet, performance-driven drama about conscience, complicity, and the risk of empathy in a clinical world.

On-screen behavior of the rat is adapted to the animal’s natural personality and behavior. The albino rat in the film is a well-socialized companion animal. Actors will hold the animal for controlled scenes under on-set supervision.