This short film is posted on Youtube on 26 Aug 14.
"Ultimately the path to recovery is not to find someone new for yourself, but to find someone new in yourself."
Directed by Philip Wang Written by Philip Wang with Christine Chen
It is another short film by Wongfu Production.
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In this short films, a female protagonist breakup with her boyfriend ....a inner self call out within her while 4 stages occurred to her during the search of herself.
- Reminiscing & Retracting
- Release
- Rebuilding
- Renewed
The female protagonist will start to reminiscing about the past ... The things she has done with her boyfriend, happy things, how much time she spends with him, what the boyfriend will do when they spend time together.
What She has done to remember him, the retracting feeling.. calling him at the middle of night just to listen his voice, wishing him will sms her again.....
When she starts to see everyone becomes him... the boyfriend... She start to scare and close herself. She don't want to hear anything about her boyfriend from her friends or close friends...
Release
When the time passes and Reminiscing & Retracting feeling is gone, it is time to release. The female protagonist is ready for the next step, Release... She will start a new life, try out reaching friends to talk about the Ex with a clear head.
This stage will take time to pass, well at least it will stop her from calling back to him.
Rebuilding
When she is ready, it is time to rebuilding.... Rebuild her life again... Start going out , doing things she wants, meeting new friends, change of pace...
Sometime no matter how hard she try, there will be something holding her back.. Memories... She found his clothes while clearing the wardrobe. .She had to move over the past and go into the next step.
If she cant, she will go back to step 1....
Renewed
She gone past the past and move on... She thought through of a theory...
Through the recovery path, it is not about finding new person for herself... but to find something new within her.
Creating a new her... a new purposes... a new life
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It is well made short film by Philip Wong. It portrait the female protagonist's recovery path.
The song "Weak" is a good ending song for this short film.
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This is what I feel from this short film. Hope you like this short film by Wongfu Production.
