Play Me Like That

A tender and refreshingly honest portrait of sisterhood, this short film captures the quiet complexities of love, resentment, and reconciliation between two women. It thoughtfully explores the rarely depicted emotional terrain of two sisters at a crossroads, as they face a life-changing decision that will alter their relationship. The performances from the cast are superb and heartfelt. What comes about is a film that takes you on a journey of the heartbreaking and hopeful, as our protagonist comes to terms with the unexpected and her own personal journey and hopes for motherhood. A reminder that what we plan for and expect might not always be what we receive.

This treasure of a short film is acted and directed brilliantly. The two leads, Nicole Gabriella Scipione and Alina Phelan, give us a performance filled with great vulnerability and honesty, so much so that you'd think they are sisters in real life. This film made me ponder familial love, what we are willing to give and what we expect from it (even if not consciously). It reminds me that people we feel most comfortable with are the ones we share the biggest emotions and with whom we carry the most unspoken between. The characters, script and melodic pacing rapidly waxes and wanes between love, devotion and sadness. The film also brings poetry, literature, visual art and music, carefully crafted within; making this film a love letter to art itself and what inspires us to create. Highly recommend!

I had the thrill of viewing the film, "Play Me Like That" staring, Nicole Gabriella Scipione as Slipper and Alina Phelan as Crescent whom are sisters in this beautiful story of sisterly love and their magical relationship.

Their onscreen relationship will make you believe they are sisters off screen as it is pure magic.

The story is about two wild, fun-loving, hippy-type, free-spirited sisters whom both long to have a child and their journey going forward to achieve that goal, along with the emotions attached to making that dream a reality.

Their magical relationship screams of the love they have for one another as well as the love in their hearts for the unborn child they long to have and be a part of one another lives.

The onscreen relationship between Nicole and Allina is just like they were real blood-bonded sisters.

They portrayed their parts with beauty, grace and love for one another in the onscreen parts they portrayed.

The music was beautiful and very fitting for the film.

You will need to be prepared to laugh, cry, and have a plethora of emotions as you take this journey with the sisters.

I look forward to more of Nicole's brilliant work in film being seen very soon.

Skillfully and sensitively directed by Julianna Robinson, Play Me Like That is both affecting and, at times, quite funny, with a powerhouse lead performance by Nicole Gabriella Scipione and an impressive supporting cast, featuring Alina Phelan, Silas Weir Mitchell, Pamela Shaddock and Onahoua Rodriguez - all doing distinguished work as well. The chemistry between Scipione and Phelan as sisters is palpable, and Mitchell has a scene-stealing turn as an unapologetic jerk. In addition, Robinson and the production team deserve particular praise for the superbly curated soundtrack, which manages to support the emotional heft of the piece without ever being intrusive. This is an excellent, richly rewarding short film which deserves to find a wide audience.

It is rare the short film you encounter that enraptures you every moment, right up until it quickly, too quickly, concludes. Left me wanting so much more. The performances are so good you forget they are performances at all. I resonated deeply with the raw emotions on display in the film, and yet it was as if my own emotions were clarified so well, the movie felt truer than true. A feeling of, "Oh, that's what my heart wanted to say!" There are so many kinds of longing. I thank the filmmaker for exploring this particular flavor, and I hope we see much more from her. Her voice is pitch perfect!