Babes - Lily Rader - Can I Make It Up To You -

The scene is deceptively simple. Our protagonist (Rader) sits on the edge of a bathtub—a classic symbol of cleansing, of vulnerability. Across from her, the woman she’s hurt (played with devastating stillness by co-star Margo Schmidt) packs a small duffel bag. No yelling. No tears, at first. Just the zip of a zipper and the drip of a faucet.

Lily Rader’s poignant short film Babes captures that exact emotional bruise in its stunning centerpiece scene, “Can I Make It Up to You.” babes - lily rader - can i make it up to you

It’s a scene about love, yes. But more than that, it’s about the courage it takes to look at the rubble you’ve made and ask, without any guarantee of a yes: Can I try? The scene is deceptively simple

“Can I make it up to you?”