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Alexandra (2024)
a day at beach
A young couple on isolated beach. Her determination . His care free attitude about significant things for her. An accident , his try to obtain help, empty small town and only an open bar , the bartender being far to be helpfull.
The return.
The enigmatic final offered by morning.
The atmosphere is the main virtue of this film working as a sort of sketch. A very simple story, reduced at few traits and serious fist of questions.
And the last scenes as parts of a sort of circle , defining the loneliness of Daniel and presumed answer about his attitude of Alexandra after accident.
Some familiar references and a real interesting short film.
In Passing (2017)
a gem
One of great films for the precise - gentle exploration of sensitive themes, from elder condition to the death and encounter after decades, eternal youth and the presumed last dance, the scars of past and the come back , after too many time, at a funeral of mutual friend of a lady splended performed by Kathryne Kates.
Not last, wise crafted atmosphere , the air respiring in shadow of Leonard Cohen song.
In short, for me, just a gem, touching beauty, fair and smart kick to reflection.
A film significant for precious dose of truth.
And for the inspired portrait of Justin proposed by Jon Shear.
Holiday House (2024)
an admirer
Marty is a young man fascinated by the videos reflecting work of a content creator who builds dolls houses. Without friends, isolated in his room, seeming a good example of adultescent , he visits the lady creator of houses.
But the purpose of his visit is obscure. The admiration for her craft ? The feelings for her - suggested by the interest for her privat life - ? Compassion or pair souls ?
The final offers a sort of clue in presumed cruel manner , suggesting a version of romanticism and profound immaturity of Marty.
Few scenes are just admirable inspired , like the performance and the fragility of lady near the loneliness of boy.
Tomorrow (2023)
a boy. his dog
An Iranian boy in effort to survive and to care about his ill father.
An antique shop owner working on black market. His ampouls are more than useful for save the life of old man of boy , maybe suffeing by diabetes.
A stray dog helps , for some food , the boy in heroic to dedicated manner.
This is the beginning of a nice collaboration who, after a critic moment for boy becomes a powerful friendship.
A beautiful short animation for touching story and for details.
For well crafted tension and for simplicity, wise at whole, of story. Nothing great but all more than fair. And exactly this detail makes Tomorrow a good option to see it. Maybe, just twice.
The Gospel According to Bart (2015)
correct
Correct, touching , honest. Not last, in some measure, realistic.
A film about the manner to assume your sexual identity , the inevitable girl friend of a young homosexual, the story of abyss of a good friend, accepting, after a serious bullying incident, his death as only reasonal solution and killing himself and a sort of revelation saving him by the skin of self guilty .
Sure, not impressive, memorable or real surprising.
But good acting, fair story and the science to not reduce the facts to only the gay audience interest.
And , not doubts, this can be defined as a virtue. Or, maybe, as a good point, making it more than expression of good intentions.
Morbus (2024)
the test
A young man . His HIV test and the verdict than he is infected. The panic, the look for signs on skin, the isolation and the memory of the eve of 18 years old birthday , when his friends proposes to him a visit to prostitutes.
But his present girlfriend changes the things for kick to honesty from her partner, for the second test - negative -, for the invitation to lunch in town.
Sure, first impression seems a not realistic final. But , after few minutes , it seems fair for a short student film far to be a bad one.
In short, a nice film about suggestion of buddies and a good - efficient , to- girlfriend and the comfortable final.
Open (2024)
the pistachio
A young man tries to open a pistachio nut. Its perseverence, fury, tools for his purpose, stubborn and fight are well reflected, in precise way, by this short film.
But the good point of Open is represented by the sexual quonotation scenes after the intense - vain battle. Not only the beauty of cinematography seduced me , but the reference to return to pre-birth moments.
The final reminds me The Metamorphose by Franz Kafka.
In short, admirable work, well performance of George Nayler - his role between Horla and Kafka universe and the ironic succes of one of relatives.
The message as admirable virtue .
Al sur de la Navidad (2017)
the change
Few children and a venerable man, grandfather off one of thhem.
A plan.
And the not so reasonable gifts oferred by Santa. And, after years of humiliations, a radical solution with support of grandpa , grace a drawing.
Touching, smart crafted and working as admirable parable. A film about truth behind social conditions and about the poverty in fair light. And, sure , about second chance for an old man who , grace a gift, becomes, grace to kids, himself from happy days.
In short, a film who deserved be loved and for to be grateful in good measure, for sdelicate remind, with poetic - amusing touch, of aspects from near reality.
Good Boy (2024)
a gesture
A family. A dominater mother, with total abusive behavior for her husband and son.
A sort of complicity son- father symbolized by a gesture.
The scars on man body and the care of boy to help him. Not last, a dinner changing everything. The bitter taste and the encouraging final.
A special short film for cinematography, wise suggestion and high dose of realism. And for honest portrait of each character. The gift of it - the kick to reflection. And the precise craft of the fair gestures to a terrible situation.
A beautiful, in profound sense, short film. And courageous remind about vulnerability and gestures changing life.
The Ninth Circle (2007)
the seed
A young man , for atonement of his sin - to kill , in conflict, a girl and her mother - must plant a seed in the ninth circle of Hell.
A dark fake monk is his guide but, before ninth circle he is alone, front to satan who, for same purpose, has need of seed to. Face danger, the man has a radical solution . This option is the virtue of film, reminding in inspired manner, the Christian message , the expiating sacrifice.
A correct short film with precious final for its precise, clear message.
Admirable work, more than Gothic story expected grace premises, it uses the Church image and the lines of Dante Alighieri more than simple frame or pretext. And this is , obvious, more than a good point.
The Social Chameleon (2022)
charming
A chameleon in its home, only companions being the fire flies. One of this pets saves it from difficult situations , when the chameleon finds as model birds, frogs or compassion of turtles.
But another chameleon change its fate in beautiful manner.
Eulogy of love and the happiness as result of it , this short animation proposes the simple, honest recipe of be cool with yourself . Some irony, some nice situations, some romance. And a smart lesson about purpose of life.
The gift of change of skin colors is the heart of this charming film as fair eulogy of emotions.
In short, just see it for good state of soul, especially after tough work day.
Just Pee Here (2022)
under shower
A couple under shower. His physiologic need. Her proposition as joke becomes a bizarre solution, sexual game , testing , in some measure, the relation. The virtue of film - the use of a fantasy for a very simple + to simplistic story , in which the partners are parts of a sort of experiment.
The final, amusing define of men habit is pretty amusing and useful damping of tension. The inocence of couple represents the heart of this charming story about pleasure, biological pressure, strange solution and a proposition easy rejected by puritans but nice piece for test the relation. In short, not bad, part amusing very short film.
Senso (1954)
old fashion gifts
After more than half of century, you know the story, you know the final, each virtue to admire the performances and the historical frame and the old fashion construction of story , with some memories about Il Ghepardo by same Luchino Visconti.
Alida Vali is just superb and she has the grace to offer to her character exactly the proper nuances of a woman who, looking for manipulate an Austrian officer for save her cousin, falls in love and the military is the perfect manipulator of vulnerability of noble lady.
A film useful to see it from time to time for a special beauty, for the traits of lost worlds.
Stille landskap (2003)
the kiss
An Iranian teenager. His traditional family. His friendship with a mate . Studying together, their kiss is discovered by one of members of family. The reaction of father is more than violent and Hamid must leave the home. At school, the cruelty of classmates is precise and unpity.
So, the loneliness becomes only reality.
The result- a pure gem, precise crafted, well acted, inspired suggestions about previews facts and a wise perspective about homosexuality in teens case. The basic virtue - honest reflection of atmosphere in a profound Muslim family and the simplicity of evil as gossip.
The actor performed Hamid offers a beautiful work, the cinematography remains more than a good point.
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (2024)
a new Dantes
The virtue of this version is to offer to Pierre Niney the privilege to perform Edmond Dantes. Because, after so many and just fine to beautiful adaptations in cinema, difficult to say more.
It is an invitation to read the novel.
It is a correct, honest adaptation. Too...adaptated for my poor taste. But, I suppose, for new generations, the film can be just useful or interesting or, why not, cool at whole. But, not being so young, I feeled something missing. Not the scenes reduced , not the strange end but the authentic emotion, so familiar to reader of book and to viewer of other versions.
But, sure, nothing wrong. A beautiful story of revenge and its mysterious rich stranger are always significant presences.
Overdue (2023)
a man. his book
Poetic. Hopefull.
A young presumed magician, refugied in his appartment, reducing his day to read a book, eating toast with beans, taking a package front his door.
Oane day, a gesture inspired by fury, determines him to leave his home. Indeed, with prudence and insecure. But the result is just great for his state of spirit. And this is the matters fact.
In final, a short film for who i am grateful to director and young Ben King. A very simple story, seductive for precise construction, for posible status of parable - the taste for self isolation is a gift of pandemic, unfortunately- and for the nice final.
Gerbil (2024)
the gift
A birthday party of a young woman. Her friend hopes to enjoy her with a special present. But the guests are preocuped, first, to find perfect paper for a too simple box with few holes, then to play a not very smart game with it.
The state of friend becomes worst , appreciating the consequences of childish game for the contained of box.
In final, for a second, all seems pretty OK. But...
Ironic perspective about young adults, the film has the virtue of correct construction of each scene. It can be a dark comedy or a simple sarcastic portrait of young people out of expected maturity. But the final, indeed, it matters more than all.
So, story of a gift ( unfortunatelly, animated one ).
Conversion of the Atheist (2024)
the precious...garlic
Two Mormon boys .
A presumed housewife.
The motif of their presence is not to convert the lady but the need of conversation with an atheist , their faiith being not so solide.
But , in fact, their visit has other purpose, darker, sustained by illusion about total vulnerable woman.
And they are wrong.
A short film working just nice in favor of personal faith ( maybe Christian one ) and inspired commercial for...garlic precious presence in house.
Fights, apparences, a religious book being only a dictionary and good make up.
Result - just lovely short film about a sort of...conversion, more inspired than many action films ( or horrors ).
So, the precious garlic as essential part of this film.
Spiral (2018)
Dmitrz and Katrina
If the Cold War becomes hot one ?
A question not so absent in last part of 80 s. This short film offers a presumed answer in nice, touching, pretty dramatic manner.
A Soviet astronaut isolated in space. A young lady, working in Australian outpost helps him , against the cynical intentions of her boss. And the steps of this event in which the mate of Katrina, like her tasty cupcakes , like the Tedybear of Dimitry are not less significant details.
The result - just a beautiful story about solidarity, blindness imposed by politic and its paranoic reactions and the devotment for good of other of a woman. In short, just charming short film.
J'aime les filles (2016)
self acceptance
Four stories of love . A presumed manifesto for tolerance. And lesbianism in water colors tones.
Inspired short animation with aspect of fable , confessions about discover of attraction and the pleasant aspects of life together , near the brutal reactions of others . Simple drawings, touching stories, delicate colors and traits of each story.
And inspired dose of realism.
The main virtue - kick to reflection about sensibility of other, near you , about feelings and steps to happiness.
The most beautiful aspect , for me, the animal heads , the drawings of horses as expressions of love being the inspired scene in this sense.
In short, useful.
Remnant (2015)
Monty
One of admirable short films. For courage to explore sensitive themes . For the inspired manner to do that. For performances and cinematography.for the touching connection mother / son, for expressions of friendship and for experiences defining the fair manner to assume the past and the new beginnings.
Homoeroticism, brutal reactions, same dream with powerful significations, reconciliation with himself. Each beautiful acted by Michael Loder. In same measure, the crumbs of fairy tale in forest, with Gothic sparkles , represents another virtue.
In short, admirable work, good support for reflection and fair reflection of cure of grief.
Freefall (2017)
profound beautiful
For so many virtues, beautiful. But especially for delicate - precise reflection of fundamental truths. A young man, affected by ALS , is helped, supportred, assisted, consolated, intense loved by his boyfriend. Before, the intention of partner to end the relation. But the motif to remain is less compassion - it can be perceived just as egocentric one . And this is the essence of many relation in which the other is , years, months, near the suffering beloved one - the past and the talks about it as compensation for bitter present, the old stories as seeds of hope.
In short, profound beautiful short film.
I Want You Back (2022)
pretty nice
Not memorable, not great but real correct crafted. And , main virtue, not exactly the expected final.
The break up of a man and a woman by their partners is the start of an alliance who must fix the two relations. Each step is acceptable but only in a case succes, fragile but succes, becomes reality.
The charm of Scott Eastwood, the lost of Charlie Day , the exploration of young adult condition and the admirable Jenny Slate are good pieces for decent rom com , proposing some romance, good irony, not best jokes of sexual references but enough for be content and to be , in some measure, seduced by story.
In short, just pretty nice.
Tattletale (2024)
a schoolteacher
A schoolteacher reading the tests of her students in classroom. The walk in room is source of not so comfortable surprises , near the disparition few dazs ago of a girl and a strange book revealing a dark secret. For save her students, she decides make a ritual. And , indeed, the things work. But the warning remains present.
A beautiful short film first for inspired atmosphere and acting.
Second -for details , for the blood stains and the sign of demon to the sacrifice of young lady and the word from test who creates her suspicions. Not last, the dead rabitt and the cloud of flies.
Not so original but correct at whole.
Cineastes (2014)
references
I suppose , the chain of references , heart of this short film, represents its basic good point.
A man, passioned bz films, has a kind of obsession about a woman , cinephil herself , to. So, he follows her, has occasion to speak to her - not with brilliant result, returns to home and his relation with his ex wife remains formal .
Easy to see it as expression of middle age crisis portrait or need to give sense to empty, boring life. Beautiful cinematography, inspired white - blake for image and reasonable performances.
Some bitter poetry of image and the fair return to the man looking for sense of his life.
In short, beautiful.