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Kaneshna Nyet

Paul Habilic is a charming professional romantic – the kind of man who can sell a lie with a kiss and a pet name. At a secluded campground, he’s just finished a “special weekend” with Anna, a striking young Russian woman who’s emotionally direct, linguistically precise, and not nearly as naïve as Paul would like to believe. He’s trying to hustle her out of the campsite for his next tryst, when disaster arrives in the form of Tomi Lauren, an American woman showing up early for what she thinks is their leap-year anniversary getaway. 

What follows is a fast, escalating farce of near-misses and improvised excuses: closed water stations, a “broken” waterfall, a sudden outbreak of Giardia, phantom park rangers, misplaced underwear, and one tent that becomes a revolving door of panic. But when Anna and Tomi finally compare notes, Paul’s romantic script collapses – and the two women discover they’ve been sold the same lines… word for word. The result is both hilarious and oddly satisfying: Paul gets escorted out, and what’s left behind is a moment of shared loss, shared recognition, and a very practical plan for how a special weekend should end. 

Two women. One man. One set.

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