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Evelyne needs to travel to London for her mother's funeral. But at the airport, impossible to find her newborn's papers. She can't take her plane. With Stephanie's help, a young air hostess, Evelyne will fight the unbending rules of airport regulations, and perhaps, take off on time.

Stéphanie Caillol and Evelyne El Garby Klaï in Grounded (2014)

A wonderful short that brings a familiar sense of anxiety to anyone who has traveled by flight regularly.

I was able to see this short thanks to the Manhattan Short Film Festivals showing locally in Portland, Maine. This short was the highlight of the event for me. I found the film gave a strong sense of anxiety our young mother felt as she attempted to board a flight with baby, to reach her mothers funeral. The acting is stellar in its understatement, bringing a real charm to the characters. The emotion never feels overwrought. Though an actor for several years, Alexis Michalik is new to both directing and writing. This film displays his incredible promise, as reflected by its nomination in the MSFF, and 5 wins across other international short film festivals.

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Grounded

On the surface, this might seem like a flick about nothing of real consequence, while its actually about something that might befall, and on most occasions, has befallen each one of us or the other. The entire thing is about catching a flight (and more, but one&#39;s gotta watch it to &#39;get&#39; all of the other elements driving the narrative), and the way it has been narrated and put together is as fantastic a showcase of cinematic storytelling, and the power of tight screenplays and superlative performances. The way the camera never stays with the main leads, and never lets up, puts us in their corner with all the &#39;action&#39;, all the way. A minimalistic yet apt score, coupled with decent sound design, complement all the other departments assisting in narrating the tale, and the content more than pays off towards the end. Definitely worth a watch, and there should be a way for large screens to accommodate these kind of cinematic shorts. Our televisions can only project (or not) so much....

...scene by scene, moment by moment. A great short film about a lot of sensitive aspects of everyday life. Intense, seductive, admirable crafted. A film about the help , the help changing everything and proposing the travel by flight and its frame as inspired metaphor

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Grounded

A wonderful short that brings a familiar sense of anxiety to anyone who has traveled by flight regularly.

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