United Kingdom, England / 2023 / Fiction / 15’20”I2502919
hings might not be as they are seen. A short story that mixes reality with fantasy. A story that takes you on a journey of love, self-healing and the importance of letting go. The film is centred around Ella and composed together by multiple timelines from different stages of her life. The reality shots are layered with imaginative flashbacks and real memories connected to Alan who as the story unfolds was her colleague in the office she had an affair with. After an unexpected event and Alan's resignation from the office Ella had to cope, she fell for the wrong person. We use different perspectives to show what might be happening to someone while dealing with depression: Ella's outside world is blending with the one in her mind as she slowly sinks into the melancholy neglecting her everyday life. She keeps living fully inside her head dwelling on the memories of Alan and unrealistic fantasies she has created. But later this dream starts to turn into a nightmare. She slowly realizes that the man whom she fell for was just the idealization of someone she never really knew. She must let go, forget and heal.
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Daniela Bargan