The general theme I'm talking about in the movie is the fear of loss. The name of the movie is “Passi Verso La Libertà” meaning “Steps Towards Freedom”. It's about freeing one's present self from one’s past self. The film starts with the question “have you ever wondered what it’s like to never let go?”. The other 11 minutes work through that question with the protagonist being displayed by 4 characters. The last minute answers the actual meaning of that question. The viewer follows the protagonist (Esther) being driven in a car to her hometown. She's talking about a friend of hers (Boris) that she knew since she was 14 years old and how everything changed on a random Tuesday. The viewer gets introduced to the characters traits a little bit more and Esther in the end says that Boris died two days ago, and that she found some old tapes which she wants to show us. The first song starts. it's called “The Death Of Ruby” by Ruby Haunt which talks about a woman walking in the street trying to meet somebody, in our case Boris. She goes on saying “all the boys from the back look like you but when they turned around it wasn't you”. In the visuals the viewer gets to see alternating shots of Esther and Boris dancing. But never together. Now it is walking home and she closes the door and the camera shifts to a different room where somebody's just waking up. That somebody is Anna the third character to be introduced. Anna is portrayed as Esthers flatmate and she shows some sort of understanding by saying “If I had that much pain I would probably wanna die too.” This shows how death doesn't only affect yourself but also the people around you. The viewer then follows Annas mundane morning routine before cutting to the second main song called “She Was A Queen” by Rosalyn. Annas part is the climax of the movie if you see it in a traditional sense but it was intentionally left very slow and static because this part of the movie is about working through the pain. Which mostly feels slow and static. The performance is somewhat sensual and strong but weak and vulnerable at the same time. Anna in the end of part 2 says: “and it really made me realise about how they’re just sort of drifting to the other side. they have one foot here and one foot somewhere else”. The viewer sees crossing footprints in sand. this is how the fourth and last character, naomi, gets introduced. the third main song “I Can’t Handle Change” by Roar starts. “I can feel myself blur. The past in the now” gets displayed on the screen. Naomi just woke up. She’s an addict. Changing through the pain she can’t handle. Or being in pain because of the change she can’t handle. She brushes her teeth, drinks wine, smokes a cigarette, leaves the building and constantly doubts herself. She wants to be left alone. The viewer sees her pouring a bottle of wine over herself. For amplified excessiveness purposes. After that Naomi performs for a few seconds before starting to run into nothingness/freedom. The camera follows, switches a lot and eventually overtakes her, pans to a frontal view and quickly cuts to black. “Your past died two days ago. Stop chasing it.” gets displayed. This serves as the resolution and it tells us a couple of things. Boris never died. Boris probably never even existed. Boris was the metaphor for the protagonists past self. There were 4 people but only 1 character. The different people were not representative for her physical surroundings (as in people) but for the different stages of letting go of one’s past self. It was never about mourning somebody else. It was about mourning one’s own self. The viewer is in a sense being misguided up until the very last minute. That’s what somebody might argue. I might not agree with that. To me the viewer just isn’t being shown the full picture. just like people in real life are never being shown the full picture. lastly: this is just my take on it. your interpretation may completely differ and i’d welcome that.

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