Synopsis
A man is hired by a woman as a gift for her husband.
2020 ‘O Presente’ Directed by Daniel Wierman
A man is hired by a woman as a gift for her husband.
Ok, so if you don't know what to get your husband when he already has everything...
visually gorgeous, aesthetically pleasing, but two points remove a full star:
- the script is confusing
- related to the previous point, its mise en scène is also confusing. there's a lot of time spent setting up plot points that are ultimately underdeveloped. did the crew really care about people putting up façades? the plotline is unnecessarily obscured by the editing.
Watch it for the visuals I guess.
This short film has the distinction of having the least sexy sex scene between men I've seen in a long while — which isn't to say it's not nice to look at. It's justified because it's the formal properties of the scene's poses and gestures that are important. Can't say I'm 100% behind all the choices here but then I haven't seen anything like it, either. Worth a look.
the cinematography was really nice ... a little weird, sexy, and expressionistic.