Evelyn had found the screening on a hand-scrawled forum post. She arrived early, coat still damp, hair clinging in loose curls. Inside, the auditorium smelled of velvet and dust. The secondhand seats sighed as patrons settled: a barista with ink on her knuckles, a retired teacher with a box of mints, two teenagers sharing a sweater. In the aisle at the back, a man in a cobalt coat sat cross-legged with a battered notebook—he looked like someone who catalogued sunsets.