Alfie (2013 film)

Alfie is a 2013 Indian short film written and directed by Dr. Thomas Mathai.

Alfie
Release poster
Directed byThomas Mathai
Produced bySreeraj Nadarajan, Thomas Mathai
Screenplay byThomas Mathai
StarringAshirvad Madhusoodanan, Reshma Malayath
Music byVivian Varghese
CinematographySreeraj Nadarajan, Sandeep Nair
Edited bySreeraj Nadarajan
Production
company
Meatshop Cinema[1]
Running time
27 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Plot summary

Alfie is a failing actress and a junkie lost in filth. One fine afternoon, she and her new lover travel to a remote waterfall inside the woods. Tired with all the walking, she soon falls asleep by the waterfall and the dream that follows is bizarre, horrifying, where she is bound up tight in a shady dungeon and tortured mercilessly.

Visually reminiscent of a Rembrandt, ‘Alfie’ tells a surreal tale structured uniquely to simulate a dream experience, immersed in Freudian eroticism, sexual deviance and biblical notion of Baptism. Where as it has a second meaning also that is somehow pointing to a fact that women are still objectified by men. The Man on the screen is shown dominating which before climax is tried by women too. But the man oppresses her and tortures her. During her last breath she was in her wonderland of dreams and there what she witnessed was only the beauty of nature that she was created to see. [2]

Festival Screenings and Release

Alfie was premiered at short film corner[3] of 2013 Festival de Cannes.[4] It was also screened in the competition section of 6th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala[5] held in June 2013 at Thiruvananthapuram.[6] A 20-minute version, the dungeon edit was released online via YouTube on 12/12/2013.

References
  1. "Meatshopstudio.in". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. "Reelport.com". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  3. Platform Magazine
  4. "Filmindiaworldwide.com". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  5. "404 (Page Not Found) Error - Ever feel like you're in the wrong place?". dearcinema.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013. Cite uses generic title (help)
  6. "Documentary and Short Film Festival begins Friday". Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.


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