Realistic | Short Film Nominee

Short Film Nominee March 27, 2021

Realistic

By Nils Lane with 6.4

drama · Short Films · french

The film documents a single moment in a woman's life. However, as it interacts with the various elements that constitute this moment, a story far deeper and more disturbing than what you would have assumed at first glance, begins to unfold.

The protagonist shares her experience of being fortunate enough to follow sports as well as acting, the two activities that she truly enjoys. Despite the opportunity to be able to do so, she still mentions an emotional void she is unable to overcome. The rest of the narrative thus becomes about the reasons behind the despair she battles, all the while keeping itself confined to the single conversation. In the process, it further invokes ideas of loss and death, and the grief that gets left behind in their wake. It is then the manner in which this grief is handled that determines crucial decisions as well as the course of a person's life, suggests the narrative.

While you preoccupy yourself with the film's treatment of these underpinnings, the story reaches its crescendo, giving way to a disorienting climax and disconcerting conclusion. Though the final product could have gained from a longer engagement with its themes and subject matter, it exhibits devotion to storytelling.
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