The Perfect Daughter | Short Film Nominee

Short Film Nominee January 9, 2022

The Perfect Daughter

By Elijah Rodriguez with 6.6

thriller · Short Films · english

It's a bright day when a woman walks into the house of another, clearly for the first time. The house is located far from the city, in a quiet, isolated corner; the property has made itself available to the young filmmaker who is scouting locations for her next project. As Elena and Annie strike a conversation, a sense of something being deeply amiss gradually begins to make its presence felt.

The conversation is strained, as if collapsing under the burden of an undercurrent that threatens to overpower it any minute. It is filled with uncomfortable gaps, a momentarily zoned-out participant in Annie, who hurriedly follows up the lacuna with a disconcerting compliment for Elena's eyes. The house is inhabited only by Annie, or so she mentions until some very disturbing sounds begin to be heard by both Elena and the viewer. Could this mean that Elena's fate is sealed or is there an escape left for her?

The narrative endeavors to share the many aspects of the darkness of the human mind. Without delving into the whys and hows of it, it presents to the viewer a series of terribly dark events, and thus, despite a few rough edges, this is how the film should be approached and engaged with.
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