Another Life (short film)

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Movie
Original title Another life
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2002
length 12 minutes
Rod
Director Tracey D'Arcy
script Ronald D. Moore
production James Currier , Tracey D'Arcy, David Eck
music Joseph Williams
camera John S. Bartley
cut Leo Trombetta
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Another Life is a 2002 short film directed by Tracey D'Arcy .

It was screened at numerous film festivals and won several awards.

The 12-minute thriller is D'Arcy's directorial debut and was shot in Los Angeles , California . Several members of the film staff also worked on the TV series Roswell , in addition to D'Arcy himself, among others, screenwriter Ronald D. Moore , composer Joseph Williams , cameraman John S. Bartley and film editor Leo Trombetta . Leading actor William Sadler was one of the cast of the series.

The film can be viewed in full length on imdb.com.

action

Brief description

The film is about a man and a woman in a simple house. The mood is depressed, desperate. Apparently the woman couldn't cope with the loss of her child. The man obviously no longer knows how to help himself - and her. He gives her tranquilizers, ties her to the bed - and hopes that she will come out of her psychological low, that she will manage to accept the loss - for a future together.

The story finally culminates in a surprising ending.

Detailed table of contents

The two main characters in the film are an unnamed man and an unnamed woman. The action takes its course in a simple house.

The man gets up from the television and looks because he hears noises. He finds the woman tied to the bed as she is about to free herself. He is caring towards her.

After the woman gets up, she starts talking about her child. She asks where it is. The man tries to make her understand that the child is dead. She protests that she heard it cry. He yells at her to finally accept that it won't come back. He pulls her into the nursery to show her that the child is no longer there. He comforts her that everything would be fine again, but she breaks free from him. Finally he overpowers her and numbs her with a syringe.

The next morning she wakes up on the couch. He brings her coffee. They talk about how hard it is to accept what happened. They talk about starting over together, about how they met when she was about to change a flat tire on her car in the pouring rain. She eventually disappears into the bathroom.

When he notices shortly after that the drugs have disappeared, he follows her. She locked herself in the bathroom. Apparently she wants to kill herself. He gains entry and looks after the apparently lifeless one. Suddenly she rams the syringe into his throat and kills him.

She begins to look for her child, initially in vain. But then there is a sound that she pursues. She finally finds the child behind a door that was hidden by a wall of shelves.

At the end you can see the tow truck with the car standing in front of the house.

Awards

Another Life won the following awards, among others:

  • Manhattan Short Film Festival: Grand Prize (2002)
  • Santa Monica Film Festival: Best Dramatic Short Film (2003)
  • Stony Brooks film festival: Best Short (2003)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Screenings ( Memento from December 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ A Look into the Making of "Another Life" ( Memento of 15 May 2008 at the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0201391/fullcredits
  4. ↑ a b c http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318306/awards

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