Lucky me! I was recently contacted by the American director Conrad Faraj. He's behind last year's 'The Shadow People' and the upcoming sci-fi thriller 'The Wind is Watching'. To my surprise the young filmmaker allowed me to be one of the first to see his latest short film 'A Reprise'.
'A Reprise' is an atmospheric film about a young man and his inability to interact with the opposite sex. A prisoner of his emotions, he tries to find a way to reach out to a girl he meets in a diner. The way Faraj finds his way around this story is sort of dreamlike. The cinematography and the music transform this above average short film into a stirring mood piece.
Within eight minutes Faraj manages to impress upon us the troubled emotions of the main character. You can see he's growing as a filmmaker. As a result 'A Reprise' has a bigger impact than his earlier work 'The Shadow People'. This short film has me excited about Conrad Faraj's next project.
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