Its clear beauty remains the precious gift of this bitter - delicate short film about loneliness and love to the viewer. Its great simplicity, the precise message, the admirable turn of story are just very good motives to see it. Again.
2 Reviews
Slow and a bit unclear in spots
Havan_IronOak3 March 2021
11 minutes of flirtation between two swimmers inter-cut with their backstory. There's no dialogue to speak of and for the most part none is really needed. Which is good because most of the flaws of this film can be eliminated when watched at 150% of the intended speed.
I'm not sure why so many short film makers tend toward intentional obfuscation of their stories when a clearer, more flashback-free presentation of their story would make the whole thing so much more watchable. I was entirely ready to switch to watching something else when I realized that this film with no dialogue would be perfect for acceleration. That pretty much saved this short for me. There were still some plot details that could have been made clearer but I'm convinced allowing the plot to unfold at 1x speed would have exponentially increased my viewer frustration level while providing no additional clarity.
There IS a sweet ending but without the advantages of time acceleration it probably wouldn't have been worth it.
I'm not sure why so many short film makers tend toward intentional obfuscation of their stories when a clearer, more flashback-free presentation of their story would make the whole thing so much more watchable. I was entirely ready to switch to watching something else when I realized that this film with no dialogue would be perfect for acceleration. That pretty much saved this short for me. There were still some plot details that could have been made clearer but I'm convinced allowing the plot to unfold at 1x speed would have exponentially increased my viewer frustration level while providing no additional clarity.
There IS a sweet ending but without the advantages of time acceleration it probably wouldn't have been worth it.
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