The Debt (Portuguese: A Dívida)[1] is a 1993 short film by Bruno de Almeida.

A Portuguese–American dark comedy, The Debt is a short film[2] set against the backdrop of the early 1990s recession in the United States,[1] and concerns a "yuppie couple" in crisis who are approached by a door-to-door salesman and his book about optimism.

[3] Produced and directed by Bruno de Almeida, written by Steven Ausbury, and scored by Frank London,[3] with Jean de Segonzac as cinematographer.

[1] It stars Kristen Johnston, Paul Lazar, and Scott Renderer.

The Debt is in English and twelve minutes long.