In Absentia (2000)

Directed by

Timothy Quay, Stephen Quay

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

20 min

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman trapped in a sparse room scratches at a window while writing letters that drift away. The film mixes live action and stop-motion to show her unraveling mind.

hypnoticbroodingabstractclaustrophobicmelancholicdreamlikevisually denseunsettlingslow-paced

What happens

In Absentia (also known as In Absentia Sound on Film) is a 2000 British short film directed by the Brothers Quay and starring Marlene Kaminsky. It was commissioned by the BBC as a part of a series called "Sound on Film International", and was a collaboration with the filmmakers and composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. Keith Griffiths produced the film with production companies Illuminations Films and Koninck. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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