A UK Short film, directed by A.R. Ugas, this was released in 2020 and is around 11 minutes long. The film starts with Roxanne (Adaya Monique Henry) and John (Ben Thorne) sat in their living room opposite a man (André Mathias). The man speaks in French, Roxanne understands John does not.
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| André Mathias as the man |
The man says that she, referring to Daughter Sally, will not be the same afterwards and Roxanne admits that John does not know what is proposed. Eventually John looses his temper and demands to know if the man will help their daughter. The man explains to Roxanne that he will go in her room, they will hear screams and cries but they must not enter…
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| harvest |
Six months later and John has been filling a jar with his blood, using a hypodermic. Roxanne suggests that it isn’t nearly enough, but he has a 12-hour shift and needs to be with it. He has mentioned that the guys at work are beginning to think he is a junky. Eventually Roxanne says to take Sally the blood, and she’ll top up later. On the way to work he gets a call, laying him off and, whilst we only hear his side of the conversation, it is clear that he is accused of drug use as he says he is prepared to take a test. However, back at home, could Roxanne be doing something he is unaware of to get more blood…
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| Roxanne and John |
This is a neat short, there is a moment of social commentary that I won’t spoil but in the main it explores relationships and the lengths we might go to for the ones we love. I saw the film on YouTube but it has been since set to private.
The imdb page is here.
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