Short film

What If..

2015 · 18 min

A quiet, sombre night journey through a child's eyes, heavy with loneliness and the ache of a broken home.

Overview: 1991, Riga Latvia. Lena, a child of divorced parents, escapes from home in the middle of the night when she is fed up with her fathers drinking habits. That's when her journey back home begins.
How it feels: Melancholic, bleak and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, family, addiction, coming-of-age
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
family
addiction
coming-of-age
loneliness
Places: big city
home
road trip
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Olga Dinnikova
Written by: Olga Dinnikova
Starring: Sofija Stavinskaya, Dana Čerņecova, Andrej Lavrinec, Ģirts Ķesteris, Anatolij Fechin
Cinematography: Tom Keller
Runtime: 18 min
Country: Latvia, Switzerland
Languages: Russian