“Chai Coffee Chai” – some street vendor chants, producing a tinkling sound with his bell. It is to be, as we will learn in the next 14 minutes, the sound of love lost and…new beginnings. At 14 minutes, Emeara Kamble’s short “Almost There” explores the ways break-up is dealt with by two strangers, in a narrative infused with melancholic thoughts, loneliness, and well-handled humor.
Twenty-something Myra is introduced to viewers through her voice-over, which is completely drained of emotions but nevertheless betrays the emotional slump she’s going through. “Maybe I’m not made to stay but disappear so far away I cannot be found… Every night I think of how I want to be loved. And I realized no one touches me the way I do.” Having spent “quite some time” with a guy, Myra is now struggling to get over him, though the sound of coffee chai vendors keeps interfering with (or aiding?...
Twenty-something Myra is introduced to viewers through her voice-over, which is completely drained of emotions but nevertheless betrays the emotional slump she’s going through. “Maybe I’m not made to stay but disappear so far away I cannot be found… Every night I think of how I want to be loved. And I realized no one touches me the way I do.” Having spent “quite some time” with a guy, Myra is now struggling to get over him, though the sound of coffee chai vendors keeps interfering with (or aiding?...
- 3/25/2020
- by AmselLuu
- AsianMoviePulse
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