The short film skilfully uses the plot device of a narrative within a narrative to surprise the viewer when they least expect it. Sticking to the genre of thriller, it further catches the viewer unaware with a heightened sense of suspense and anxiety, and the cinematographic transitions are to be thanked for that. <br><br> While the film is well-written, it falls short of the mark of brilliance, which is also true of its performances as well - good, but not entirely there. Additionally, it does employ the stereotype of a debauched artist, struggling to make a product. It would perhaps be refreshing to see a writer's block with fewer cigarettes and alcohol bottles.

Omni | Short Film of the Day

With symbolism as the primary approach to its storytelling, the short film introduces us to the many emotional states of a woman. The manner in which the relationships in her life come to affect them, from potential sexual liaisons to the treatment meted out to her by her parents, all of them become important deciding factors. However, because of the abstraction the plot comes to operate within, marked more by obscurity than lucidity, it is possible to have multiple interpretations for the things unfolding before you. <br><br> As the entirety of the narrative progresses, develops and concludes, it comes across as attempting to invoke surreal images, akin to the altered reality of dreams, to tell a story of love, loss, pain and sometimes, even pleasure, albeit temporar

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