Insomnia | Lockdown Film Challenge

Lockdown Film Challenge May 11, 2021

Insomnia

By Ninad Wani with 6.1

drama · Short Films · english

Invoking Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, the story aims to bring to life a sense of pointlessness of the world we found ourselves located in following the Covid-19 pandemic.

By portraying the struggles of its protagonist who finds himself unable to even move when the crushing weight of existence becomes overwhelming, the narrative further asserts the mundaneness of his routine which remains the same day after day. In terms of practical concerns, while the world continues to battle huge financial losses, the philosophical reality within is also not too far from a tumultous upheaval, suggests the plot.
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