THE END IS MY BEGINNING


Category
Short, Drama
Director
Jake Meniani
Year
2023
Country
France
Runtime
00:03:33
Budget
800 EUR
Key Cast
Elisa Thuan, Salvatore Ingoglia, Camille Lenoble, Charlotte Noiry
Other Festivals
"SediciCorto International Film Festival Forlí October 10, 2023 italian Official Selection - Under5 Italy Amarcort Film festival Rimini November 16, 2023 Official Selection Italy Love your Shorts Film Festival Sanford February 15, 2024 Official Selection United States Pune Short Film Festival Pune June 3, 2024 Official Selection India Nordic Star Festival Västerås October 5, 2024 Best International Short Under 10 min Sweden Nikon FIlm Festival Paris April 10, 2023 France CIP Milan Shorts Milano December 13, 2024 Honorable Mention Italy Couch Film Festival Toronto December 26, 2024 Best Drama International Canada Stafford Film Festival Stafford January 31, 2025 Honorable Mention United Kingdom"

In an care home, Véronique, a lonely old lady in a wheelchair, meets a newcomer. A complicity borns immediately between the two of them and they fall in love, until they escape one night. But when they return the next morning, Véronique discovers a great commotion around her room. She thinks they are looking for her and she ends up discovering her own lifeless body. She leaves with her lover in room 13 who slowly disappears. By the photos left in her room we discover that the gentleman is her husband, who died 10 years before.

ITA:
In una casa di riposo, Véronique, un’anziana donna solitaria sulla sedia a rotelle, incontra un nuovo arrivato. Tra i due nasce subito un’intesa speciale e si innamorano, fino a decidere di fuggire insieme una notte. Al loro ritorno il mattino seguente, Véronique trova grande agitazione intorno alla sua stanza. Convinta che stiano cercando lei, finisce per fare una scoperta sconvolgente: il suo stesso corpo senza vita. Si allontana allora con il suo amante nella stanza 13, mentre lui inizia a svanire lentamente. Solo attraverso le fotografie lasciate nella sua stanza si scopre la verità: l’uomo è suo marito, morto dieci anni prima.