Take One, Leave One

A teenager spends her summer trying to drown her grief in the hobby her deceased father loved.

Take One, Leave One — Plot

Julie, a grieving daughter, moves to a new city with her mother, Catherine. Julie, trying to move forward, but also still struggling with grief, shuts out new people and possibilities. Instead, she spends her days taking and leaving books at a mini library near her house, throwing herself into reading, an activity for which she and her father had shared a love.

• Release date
• April 17, 2026
• Runtime
• 11 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Iman Mannathukkaren