A View of the Grand Canal

Due to a pilot strike, two businessmen, Ethan Amarillio and Leonard Persicone, are forced to stay together in a double room at an airport hotel in a nameless european metropolis.

The two know each other tangentially, and are used to travelling and working together, but their social interactions don’t extend beyond the occasional dinner. The pair attempts to get to know each other better, but their efforts result in ever more awkward interactions.

As time drags on, Leonard eventually leaves Ethan alone in the hotel, having ducked out under false pretenses, where he faces his own inability to cope with solitude, boredom and, ultimately, with himself.