One to One | Short Film Nominee

Short Film Nominee March 12, 2021

One to One

By Sarah Vaillant with 6.5

drama · Short Films · french

The film is brief, crisp and to the point, or so it would deliberately lead you to believe. It takes you to a situation of high tension, guiding you in a specific direction, only to undercut the sentiment with the truth which is far from what you may have been convinced of so far.

The hour is late and the setting is of an intimate encounter between two women. However, before you can begin to ascertain the true nature of this mysterious meeting, or the whys and the hows preceding it, little bits of information start making their presence felt gradually, but sporadically. There is further the attempt to invoke a philosophical engagement with the notions of fear and how it gets tied with existence. The same is achieved by surreal images, sudden and smooth, but definitive in the manner in which they mark their flight from reality.

Essentially, what the narrative aims to achieve is a moment in time, a specific situation. However, the presence of two characters further ensure two contrasting ways of understanding it. The comprehension of this unpredictable premise truly lies in the film's conclusion.
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