Finding Ophelia is a fantasy, mystery movie written and directed by Stephen Rutterford about a man's infatuation with a mysterious woman, which takes him down a strange path filled with signs and surprises.
William Edgar (Jimmy Levar), a New York advertising executive, is entranced by a series of captivating dreams that blur the lines between imagination and reality. When he is forced to choose between his career, his relationships, and his romantic obsession with a mysterious woman, his life is thrown into disarray. Doing whatever it takes to find her leads William down a strange, dark path of signs and wonders, and he quickly learns that seeking the girl of your dreams can be a nightmare for him.
Other theories emerge as writer-director Stephen Rutterford's story progresses, all of which involve a lovely woman (Christina Chu) who hovers above the ocean . In any case, William is deeply fascinated with her and believes that her appearance in his dreams is a sign. This sends him on a wonderful mystery tour through an urban wasteland filled with taunting pigs, dancing caterpillars, and frothing people.
Ophelia is a character in William Shakespeare's drama Hamlet. In Hamlet, Ophelia represents femininity.
The movie uses oneiric structure for the screenplay. Oneiric Structure is a one-of-a-kind screenplay structure that tells a story using dream-like images while also diving into the structure of dreams, memories, and human mind. As the film progresses, the distinction between the actual world and the dream world becomes increasingly hazy. We don't know what's true and what's not.
The filmmakers use the oneiric aspect to create bizarre and otherworldly effects in their masterpieces. Male actors are the most prevalent leading dramatis personae in oneiric flicks. The character's embodiment is marked by narratives in which he enacts a pattern of desire that includes stimulating, erontic, and affectionate deeds. Scenes in oneiric films are depicted as if the characters are present in a real world. The conclusion of these flicks, on the other hand, reveals that everything was actually unfolding around a dream.
The music choices are great which gives the intensity of dreams. The performances from the Jimmy Levar and Christina Chu are pretty strong for such a dream-like film. One of the best part of the movie is it's colour grading, which is astonishing.
This mystery is very well made, with convincing acting and has a plot that the viewer will want to follow.
