Short film

Something with the Telephone

1979 · 19 min

A quiet, wistful chamber piece where a phone call across decades turns a festive evening into a meditation on memory and loss.

Overview: Guests gathered in Vadim Nikolayevich’s apartment to celebrate the 1979's New Year with a cheerful company. The landlord unsuccessfully tries to reach his friend Nina. He, dialing a number, gets to a girl who is also called Nina. Her answers seem strange to Vadim Nikolayevich until he realizes that he is in some unusual way talking with a child from Moscow in 1942.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and eerie. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Memory, fate, war, isolation
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
fate
war
isolation
family
Places: home
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none