Where Have You Been

Two virtues define this exceptional short film - the melancholical air and the precise construction of dialogue.

A woman front to the door of her ex-fiance.

Their dialogue, after years, as a sort of careful crafted game , act of reconciliation from her, expression of cured bitterness from him, her hopes of second chance and the truth discovered piece by piece at a cup of good tea.

The root of the beauty of film - the acting, George Hanover and Paul Sparkes offer so inspired portraits of Clara and Brian and the cinematography offers the room of encounter as the three actor.

In short, the wise exploration of wounds of past. And the gentle walls forcing the thing to remain the same.

In short, pure, moving gem.

... emotions arise-show... questions arise too that would take a full movie to explore... guess that is the point of a nine minute short film

... hard to criticize, hard to much praise... only left with why-why-why's... acting's good, script so minimal again hard to say much... reviewing a piece so short a challenge (still near three hundred characters to go).. little less now

... we all make choices looking back we know we can't change, but we still must explore and ask questions... in the end left with our choices we want them or not... stuck like that ring on her finger, she's now tried twice removing.