What Other Couples Do

What Other Couples Do, a film that navigates the intricate complexities of relationships, love, and human desire. Four couples embark on a night of uninhibited revelry at a trendy L.A. dinner party, where the lines between romance and lust become increasingly blurred. The evening's entertainment is a kissing game of great renown: Seven Minutes in Heaven. This tantalizing and unpredictable game sends shockwaves throughout the group, as each individual becomes acutely aware that the things they lust for often have devastating consequences. From the onset, the dynamics between the four couples are laid bare. We have Emma, a free-spirited photographer, and her partner, Jesse, an ambitious but uncertain artist; Claire, a tightly wound marketing executive, and her husband, Ryan, a high-strung lawyer; Mark, a smooth-talking salesman, and his vivacious girlfriend, Sophia; and lastly, we meet Olivia, a quirky graphic designer, and her boyfriend, Alex, a charming music producer. Together, they come together to indulge in a wild night of debauchery, with the promise of Seven Minutes in Heaven. The rules of the game are simple yet intoxicatingly alluring: six women will seal themselves within a curtained-off room, while seven men stay outside. Each man will be called in one at a time to spend seven intimate, whispered minutes with a random woman. When the evening concludes, each participant will reveal their mysterious partner, with the anticipation that the experience will have profoundly changed each one. The first series of exchanges is a revelation of sorts – each participant emerges from the room flush with excitement, eager to reveal whose lips they shared with during those pivotal seven minutes. We're treated to an array of reactions: Claire reveals her surprise at discovering she's been matched with Jesse, Emma's boyfriend, setting her on a complicated trajectory of unrequited love and desire. Meanwhile, Mark discovers he's been paired with Sophia, his current girlfriend, only to be met with a mixture of shock and amusement when he confesses to having an instant attraction to her. However, things take a turn for the worse when Olivia and Alex's relationship teeters on the edge of disaster. Olivia, feeling underappreciated in her partnership with Alex, is suddenly catapulted into a realm of unexpected desire when she's paired with Mark. Their shared experience leaves Olivia torn between the thrill of the unknown and the security of her current relationship. Her emotional state quickly shifts as she finds herself lost between desire and doubt. As the evening wears on and the game unfolds, each couple's facade begins to crumble. The façade of Claire and Ryan's seemingly perfect marriage starts to disintegrate as their differences become increasingly apparent. Emma finds herself grappling with the knowledge that Jesse has feelings for someone else. Her perception begins to shift as she considers what might have been in an alternate reality where she had paired him instead of Claire. As for Mark and Sophia, they find themselves caught between their genuine feelings for each other and the guilt of betraying their respective partners. In this whirlpool of desire and guilt, each couple confronts the harsh realities of relationships and their own infidelities. Eventually, as the night draws to a close, each participant must confront the secrets and desires that have haunted them throughout the evening. Seven Minutes in Heaven leaves them bruised but wiser, their perspectives forever changed by the events that transpired under the dim, flickering lights of the dinner party. The film ends on a bittersweet note, one that underscores the inherent complexities of the human heart, reminding us that the things we crave most often hold within them the seeds of destruction – and the seeds of transformation.