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I think this was my favorite short film we have watched so far. The film was able to capture a moment and a single feeling and stretch it over seven minutes. The scene is set up with a man listening to his girlfriend on the phone. She is giving him a speech that sounds as if she is breaking up with him. In this moment he has a flashback.

As she is talking to him the flashback takes over. He is launched into past events in order to review where he went wrong. He is searching for what might have been the moment or the reason she is breaking up with us. I think most people can relate with this feeling, when your stomach drops as someone is telling you bad news and you a tossed into your own mind to reflect. That is exactly what happens to him. We first see the build of his relationship, the good times that kept them together. Through the clever use of time-lapse we are shown time flying by and the use of a train station to show transitioning. The he begins to dive into fighting, his focus on his exams and other factors that could be causing the breakup. He begins to blame himself. Then the phone rings again and we learn that she is just practicing for another audition or movie. It wasn't real and all of his worrying was for nothing.

I suppose there is another way we could look at this however. What if he knew she was practicing and only we the audience was left out on that fact? That would change everything and the movie would take on another meaning. He could be feeling that the relationship is over and as she is practicing her lines he is thinking about their dying relationship. Rather then being the victim he is looking over the relationship and is reviewing the relationship and the faults that lie within it.

I think there is a lot packed into this film. Each time I watch it I pick up on something that makes me consider another possible meaning.