Nathaniel Bouttell

King Karsten follows a young criminal who is drugged and given one night to steal $50,000 in exchange for a life saving antidote. To get the money by dawn, he must put his ego aside and go on a journey of redemption into the chaos of the night.

In September 1982, the city of Chicago was swept with paranoia after it was revealed that a lethal dose of potassium cyanide was found laced inside the miracle drug, Tylenol. In this fictional re-telling of the story, we follow a character who, moments after taking Tylenol, finds out about the poisoning. We see what could be his final moments, in a sensitive and emotional character driven piece.