Melancholy Baby (2009)

Directed by

Sean Hood

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man with agoraphobia and obsessive compulsive disorder struggles with his daily life. The short film uses creative sound design to emphasize his internal experience.

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What happens

Melancholy Baby is a drama/thriller short film, written and directed by Sean Hood, and starring Patrick Labyorteaux, who plays a man suffering from both agoraphobia and obsessive–compulsive disorder. The film is notable for its creative use of sound design. Although its official premiere was at the Garden State Film Festival in 2009, the film screened at the Directors Guild of America as part of a gala fund raiser for Filmmakers Alliance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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