On Repeat

The Covid-19 pandemic ushered with it a reality that deprived us completely of any semblance of the world as we knew it. Amidst every corner of the virtual space spewing words like "the new normal" and "unprecedented times", and the tedium of video calls and incessant work meetings, we were left drowning in this abruptly changed, completely alien way of life.

The short film conjures the same reality as it takes us into the experiences of the protagonist, a woman who is quarantined by herself. While disturbing news headlines continue to break the silence of her empty house, the consequent emotional and physical isolation threatens to overpower her existence further. If the lockdown had begun with a routine of exercise, fulfilling work duties and finding a general order to things in life during lockdown, it has now devolved into despair, lethargy and lack of interest in the same activities which had once kept her afloat.

While we may be all too familiar with the bleakness and despondency that came to predominate our lives during this time, the plot wants to take it a step further and remind you of the hope that still shines through it. Though the pandemic might have brought the world to a halt, we are all indeed together in it, and the film wants to simply employ the thought as a reminder that this too will be over soon, enabling us to emerge out of it stronger.