Table 12

The longest reel on the bill. Settle in — Pirou's saving you a seat.

Format · 16:9 Kind · Long-form short Introduced by · Pirou

Pirou's note

One reservation. One long walk to keep it.

A woman in burgundy crosses the length of a grand dining room — past the maître d', past every other table, every other life — toward the one place that was held for her. Table twelve.

It's the longest film I run, and it earns the length. Most shorts are a single held breath; this one's a whole walk. Stay in your seat for it. The best reservations are the ones somebody kept for you.

— Pirou, table for one held