Simply within the first few minutes of The Scary Ham, the viewer is introduced to varied situations, lighthearted and strangely disconcerting in their own manner. However, a single object that remains crucial to them - be it a commercial with a family capable of inducing notable unease with their broad grins, or another family and a video documentation of their celebration of an important day - is ham. <br><br> 

Once the object and its significance in the plot has been established, there is a leap of a couple of years and we are then introduced to a single afternoon when two sisters empty out their old house after the passing of their father. From their mother's memory book and a piece of ham left hanging in a forgotten corner of the house decades ago, to the quiet, but determined rejection of getting rid of their parents' old paraphernalia, the narrative gradually, but succinctly conjures it all. 

<br><br> Based on a story by Ellen Klages, combined with the director's own experience of loss and consequent grief, the film invokes a plethora of emotions that span humor, endearment, a longing for the past, and the eventual moving on, even in the face of the tempting invitation of the memories of a time gone by. The final result becomes a paradigmatic example of a calm portrayal of primarily a single day in the lives of the sisters, and yet, allows itself a notably varied emotional range, ensuring that the viewer always finds themselves beside the two, deeply involved in each situation.


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