What’s your idea of a perfect third date? For some, dinner and a movie would be enough — but Khani Le and Matt Robertson needed a bit more adventure than that. After matching on Hinge and going on two perfectly nice but uneventful dates, the pair decided to spontaneously fly to Costa Rica for the third. The only problem? Their third date just so happened to be in March 2020, right at the beginning of a global lockdown due to the spread of COVID-19, and they were forced to remain together in Costa Rica for the foreseeable future. 

Directed by Brent Hodge, Longest Third Date is both a modern rom-com and an unexpected social experiment. The documentary details the true story of two strangers’ journey to love during unprecedented times — a multi-month date that puts their compatibility to the ultimate test. Edited and produced from the extensive footage aspiring vlogger Matt captured during their experience, the film captures everything from the shock of both realizing they’d be stranded in Costa Rica, to quarantine cooking, to impromptu dance parties and having to explain their circumstances with family and loved ones back home. 

“I loved hearing about Matt and Khani’s story,” Hodge tells Tudum. “It begged the question: Can you get to know someone and fall in love during the most bizarre and uncertain time in the world? Their story felt like a real-life rom-com playing out in front of us.”

Longest Third Date premieres on April 18, and the new trailer asks viewers to consider what it means for love to grow in unexpected circumstances.

“It’s crazy how life can get completely turned upside down in a split second,” Matt tells Tudum. “I thought I knew all about pushing outside my comfort zone but I really had no idea until getting stuck overseas with a girl I barely knew.” Khani says the feeling is mutual, calling the experience “surreal.”