There is something to be said about the vividness of images that often embrace the walls of the human mind, but never allowed a spectator other than their own creator. However, when cinema, animation and visual space allow them a representation to be put forth for an audience, it perhaps becomes the most notable aspect of their journey. Milkoffee achieves and executes something similar, and presents the viewer with an expertly crafted animated short film. 


Conceived as an adaptation of Max Aub’s Crìmenes Ejemplares short stories, the film follows an encounter between two strangers at a diner in the middle of nowhere. The scene is set for something unusual, potentially unpleasant, right from the start, as the skilled visuals begin to roll in one after the other. They never lose their pace or beauty, and eventually lead the narrative to offer a shocking culmination of events. 

The story includes violence, eccentricities and the fragility of human life. It also includes a man's fixation with a stranger and his cup of coffee, and the disastrous consequences of it all. Amidst the colours, voiceover and the plot, it is undoubtedly the experimentation with the images, animation and the manner in which all of it is bound together that becomes the strongest, most notable aspect of the film.

Milkoffee | Short Film of the Day

When the film opens, it is bright daylight, a setting that deliberately leaves the viewer unprepared for the dark events that are soon to unfold before them. A boy walks up to a friend, and as soon as their conversation begins, a sense of foreboding enters the narrative. The exchange between the two reveal the hardships both of them are battling at home - from financial trouble to terminally ill family members. Soon, text messages from an unknown, unnamed sender also begin to arrive, and for the first time, the viewer is let in on what is truly unfolding behind this conversation between two friends. A violent act awaits at the climax of the film, necessities and compulsions having won the battle between what is right and what is absolutely necessary. Thereon, things develop swiftly, leading you by the hand into the course of occurrences that are just about to unravel in an unexpected manner both for the protagonist as well as the audience.

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