Short film
The Absence
2026 · 8 min
A quiet, tense, and tender short that sits with the weight of sudden bad news and the fragile effort to protect a child.
- Directed by
- Carmela Sandberg
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Luciano Suardi, Eliana Murgia, Bianca Pujia Levi
- Overview
- The principal and teachers at an elementary school receive devastating news: the mother of Bianca, a 9-year-old student, has suffered a serious accident while on her way to pick her up. Faced with the difficulty of locating other family members, they decide to create together a support and protection space for the girl.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, tense, earnest and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Grief, family, parenthood, isolation
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Carmela Sandberg
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Luciano Suardi, Eliana Murgia, Bianca Pujia Levi
