This is a short film.
A story of Nina (Adele Exarchopoulus) who desperately wants to meet her mother Lily (Lola Deurnas) whom she has not met or seen from last 20 years. Nina lands up in a small town in the cold winter and seeks for Lila who is a piano player in a small bar. Un-announced Nina goes to meet Lili in the changing room. On introduction - the reaction of Lili as mother is bewilderment and sadness. Nina leaves her number with Lili and returns to her hotel room waiting for her mother to call her. Lili does not call and very late night Nina goes back to the club again - but Lili has already left the club. Next day morning Lili comes to meet Nina at the hotel but walks away without meeting her. Lili follows Nina in the car and picks her up - where Nina knows that Lili might be pregnant. In burst of overwhelming emotions - Nina walks away. But they meet again - when Nina takes Lili to a church and probably goes for a confession when Lili ponders and walks away.
There is a small sub-plot in between- In the hotel Nina meets a old man who has come to celebrate his meeting with his wife in the same hotel where they fell in LOVE twenty years back and both souls are seeking solace and resolution of sorts of their feelings.
Though the two main lead protagonist are mother-daughter yet they are strangers and trying to connect with each other after 20 years. There is a feminine -humane bond evidently visible between the two.
Writer-Director Margo Brière Bordier has done a superb job in keeping a tight script yet portraying heart-wrenching emotions from the characters that are so real.
Both Adele and Lola have performed their role to perfection capturing the nuance of their characters aptly. Both are veteran and versatile in their career and the depth of their emotions takes audience's empathy.
The cinematography of a small sea-side frozen town in dark and gray tones is captured so beautifully.
This is a second short of Director Margo - and I will give full marks to her to assemble such a super-cast and present a whole lot of emotionally drenching drama in 15 minutes of run time
I would go with 7 out of 10 for this well made emotional drama
