The night alphabet
When we love someone, we create an image of that person. But, when it comes to it, do we project our love onto the image or onto the person? This film portrays a young couple with a newborn child in a foreign city. Incapable of communicating his feelings, Ruben alienates himself by writing in the night alphabet. But, by doing so, he strives further and further away from reality. Meanwhile Diana, his wife, has a fight of her own.
Locked up in a small apartment, she has to deal with her baby blues. The immersion in the fictional world that Ruben creates, begins to invade reality, sharpening episodes of psychosis or confusion for Diana. Little by little both finish destroying the ruins of what was left of them.
Credits
Cast:
Adriana Möbius
Eneko Sanz
Johanna Debes
Elio Alfred Sievert
Philipp Gordon Dohle
Script:
Javier Lazo
Gordon Dohle
Camera:
Hanife Koch
Editing:
Agustín Melfi
Producer:
Lorenzo Gandolfo
Marina Ghersinich
Sound:
Alex Acevedo
Film info
Direction:
Javier Lazo
Genre:
Kurzfilm
Country of production:
Germany
Production Company:
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin
Production:
2021
Shooting format:
16mm
Screening format:
DCP
Frame rate:
24 fps
Aspect ratio:
4:3
Sound format:
Dolby Surround 5.1
Language:
Spanish with German and English subtitles
Version:
OV
Runtime:
14 min