The story line here is simple yet powerful. An adult man falls in love with a woman but cannot cut his close adolescent ties with his intrusive mother. The woman delivers an ultimatum: break up with your mom or else. The mother is persuasive, and the man takes what seems to be the only route left to him -- offing the mother.
The film is executed well, with good performances from the three key actors and some fairly expert direction. It is strong on lead-in and sets everything up very nicely, then unfortunately does a "Nine months later ..." cut to the ending.
The love-interest woman is shown walking away with packed bags to join another fellow outside, and the man is left alone - a fairly obvious plot, but with some work this short could be turned into a decent full-length movie by fleshing out the interpersonal decline that leads to the breakup.
Of course it would never fly in Hollywood. This plot would be much better suited to French cinema.
The film is executed well, with good performances from the three key actors and some fairly expert direction. It is strong on lead-in and sets everything up very nicely, then unfortunately does a "Nine months later ..." cut to the ending.
The love-interest woman is shown walking away with packed bags to join another fellow outside, and the man is left alone - a fairly obvious plot, but with some work this short could be turned into a decent full-length movie by fleshing out the interpersonal decline that leads to the breakup.
Of course it would never fly in Hollywood. This plot would be much better suited to French cinema.