TRIGGA | Omeleto

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A young girl confronts bullies. Mae is a quiet student at a high school in Sheffield, England, where her classmate Heather and her crew tease and pick on her. Already introverted, she retreats into her own head and stops talking to her family and the people around her. She only feels safe and secure when she is with her beloved horse, going so far as to wear a horse mask at dinnertime with her family. As her school show-and-tell approaches, Mae decides to stand up for herself -- not by fighting or getting revenge, but by sharing the most precious part of her inner sanctum to the world at large. Writer-director Meloni Poole's captivating short drama falls easily into the children's or family film genre, but it has an aesthetic elegance and stateliness that elevates it beyond "cutesy" territory, with lyrical images and editing taking us into the quiet, enchanted inner world of its protagonist. The visuals have a beautiful, often ethereal quality to them, infused with golden light and subtle, graceful movement that recalls filmmakers like Terrence Malick or Sofia Coppola. The approach eschews standard continuity shooting and editing, instead, focusing on small, evocative details and sounds that imbue a sensuousness to the storytelling, making it a textured, immersive experience of sights and sounds as much as a compelling plotline about a relevant contemporary issue. With such a strong focus on the poetic and sensuous -- and immersion into how Mae experiences the world as

Published 2020-08-25 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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