CALL CONNECT | Omeleto

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A helpline operator takes a call. A young helpline operator is starting her first day at her volunteer gig at Crisis Support. But as she takes her first call, she finds herself out of her depth with a genuinely distressed man on the verge of suicide. The pre-written scripts given to her to deal with callers prove woefully inadequate in comparison to her caller's despair. And in the face of his certainty to end his life, she finds she must throw the playbook out, and truly listen to help. Moving, funny and gripping all at once, this remarkable drama from writer/co-director Indianna Bell and co-director Josiah Allen takes advantage of the operator's job and situation to go right to the heart of the matter, looking at how we create significance and meaning in our lives -- and how ill-equipped we feel when it comes to alleviating a genuine crisis. The narrative structure is essentially a conversation -- one single but pivotal scene in its two characters' lives, whose action happens entirely through dialogue. The production, too, is distilled into a seemingly basic but incisive approach, shot as a single striking take that pushes in from wide to close-up over the course of the film's 16 minutes. Yet the simplicity has a remarkable impact on the storytelling, allowing us to fully experience the ebb and flow of the emotions between the characters, and investing viewers deeply in the process. With a pared-down visual approach, the writing stands out as exceptional and is often

Published 2020-10-05 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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