This short film opens with a sense of passion and closeness before quickly jumping to that same sexual act being clearly transformed into one of function first and foremost. The root of this is the man's possible infertility, and his unwillingness to deal with it but just keep trying. The pain and damage of this is spread across the two characters and it gives the film a real strong core to build from. Interestingly though the rest of the film doesn't play like a straight drama, but instead is consistently odd in its setting and how it is used. It is all the small things - the girl playing the harp while still in boots, the matching digital watches, the stilted dialogue, the colours. All of it gives the film a slightly absurd quality which takes the weight off the core plot.
I had an issue with the ending though; it seemed too suddenly dark for the rest of the film, pretty gross, and it lost the real pain of the character into that extreme. As a punchline and an impact, it works, but mostly I didn't go for it. A weak spot then, but otherwise the film was relatable and enjoyable in how it blended that real into a slightly absurd setting.
I had an issue with the ending though; it seemed too suddenly dark for the rest of the film, pretty gross, and it lost the real pain of the character into that extreme. As a punchline and an impact, it works, but mostly I didn't go for it. A weak spot then, but otherwise the film was relatable and enjoyable in how it blended that real into a slightly absurd setting.
