Coles, recently uncoupled, returns from a night out at a friend’s bachelorette party. Scared of being alone in her new apartment, the emptiness of which reminds Coles of her breakup, she spends the day avoiding the inevitable, attempting to connect with others as a means of distracting herself. That night, a brief but resonant interaction with her neighbor Alice helps Coles realize that settling in after a breakup is supposed to be painful.

Director’s Vision for ‘Solid’

Finding your footing after a breakup, and reconnecting with yourself as not one half of a pair but a singular person, is a staggering task. But as our protagonist Coles is in the process of learning, it’s essential.

As viewers, we witness (and cringe) as Coles spends the day both grasping for connection and flinching away from it. She’s tethered to communication through her phone as a means of distance and control. She’s indecisive, unsure of herself, and adrift. At the end of her shitty day, Coles faces her next chapter, represented by her new apartment, with a budding sense of confidence after a conversation with her neighbor helps her realize that this is what it’s supposed to feel like after a break up: uncomfortable, confusing. Not solid, not stable.

If someone watches our movie and sees their own experience reflected in Coles’, we hope as filmmakers that we’ve reflected it with humor and compassion, and that they feel compelled to afford themselves the softness that they deserve.