Cannes Shorts Exclusive: Trailer for Blake Rice’s ‘Tea’ Drops

We have all had that moment where we need to hype ourselves up before we ask someone out. Putting yourself out there can be a vulnerable experience, but then…what happens when nature intervenes and makes it even harder and more humiliating?

In Blake Rice’s Tea, Michael Gandolfini plays a lonely and allergic electronic store employee whose nervousness is compounded even further when he is stung in the throat by a hornet. Rice’s film is playing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival (an Oscar-qualifying fest.

Check out the trailer below.