Marcus and Julia

Logline

A devoted husband visits his wife who lives in another city and the two navigate the tension of growing apart.

Behind the Project

Marcus and Julia is a short narrative film in a dramatic genre telling a story about a drifting relationship. The film deals with two characters, specifically in a long distance relationship to enhance the idea of one not being up to date with the other. However, it still provides enough information for the audience to not venture out of the framework but lead them towards a conclusion and allow them to fill in the blanks for themselves. The story came about from people around me who had experienced a broken relationship and my intent was to combine all of the pieces of my observations and bring it to life through this film. The goal was to place the audience in my shoes, as a third person, and pose the question I had posed myself, “who do I side with?”. My inability to decide was what made the film ambiguous, and I enjoy drawing the audience into the same ambiguous personal space where things are difficult to resolve. The inability to completely side with one character is a part of the complex narrative space that I am interested in creating.

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Artist Statement

Marcus and Julia depicts a relationship in which one partner feels bound to protect while the other feels held back. I believe when a relationship falls apart, our assumptions fill in the blanks and eventually clouds our vision, preventing us from understanding its decay. For me, film is a powerful medium, capable of exploring this kind of intricate storytelling without exposing every little detail to the audience. It parallels my beliefs on processing broken relationships with the audience having to assume and imagine their own interpretation of the story.

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