The moral of the story is that life is complicated. What he did was unquestionably wrong -- he acknowledged that. But now they both have to decide where they want to go from here.
_"The moral of the story is, you don’t abandon your step children the moment their mother dies because they don’t have anyone else left for them."_ Ah... Yea, you do. They are not your children. If she would have said any bad words to the police oh because she didn't like the bedtime he imposed, he would be sitting in jail the rest of his life. I dated a woman that had an 8 year old daughter. One night her mother wanted me to bathe her because she was tired for some reason. I said "No". If her daughter ever spoke about it to anyone, I would have been sitting in jail the rest of my life. You do not understand that you are *Guilty* until proven innocent in Family Court. I have been there.
Plot twist: The old man on the elevator was his own dad, who abandoned him and his mum when he was 17, which caused him to grow up with an emptiness that he reacted to by leaving his family.
That’s why exploring the nuances in life are such good god damn stories like this...because life is a big contradiction and crazy randomness and it’s within the details where the story lies most...
This video just left me so depressed and aching to know more. Why was he not there for her? I have a step daughter, she is grown now and still I can't imagine abandoning her like that. I know of fathers that have raised their step children after their mother has left family. Having stepchildren to me is like adoption, the bond is forever and not just tied to the marriage.
It would probably have been better if they had him say that she reminded him too much of her mother, and he couldn't handle it mentally or something along those lines.
@@JazHerrera I have four loving and forgiving children. I was better than some dads but not nearly as good as I could have been. Thank you ever so much for your compliment. You will get through today and someday I pray you will be the parent you wish your parents were.
In traditional Indian Society, there is a strong concept of faimily and no chance to leave the responsibility of parenting children. Yes! Like Every society, there are some flaws within, but strong faimily system is need for better society.
I think this is a bit deeper than him just abandoning her. He clearly has money, paying for attractive escorts in a nice hotel - the one thing his step daughter is truly deprived of. Her job is basically providing support to lonely or desperate men with money. Basically, he's paying for prostitutes and she's a prostitute when in reality he could've just supported his step daughter from the get-go and this literally would've never been a problem. She wouldn't need to sell her body and he wouldn't need to pay women to pretend to love him. Humans are silly. A lot of our pains are self-inflicted. Our egos too big for our own good.
I didn't know of omeleto till this moment and the one thing that struck me was how very good the acting is it seems to be in this short at least. Thought the ladies performance was excellent, have to say it has a plot that was not anticipated, that was the reason it's so damn good. A deeper than surface plot combined with a performance by the players that is top shelf. More filmmakers could learn from this, I can only hope....
I grew up without my father. By 22 I he never sent a birthday card, called me and had a new family, giving his "new son" my name, like I was dead or never existed. It was something that always hurt me but I always acted as if I didn't care. I met someone who knew him at 22.I lived in CA and he was in Florida so it was highly unlikely. He agreed to meet me. I liked his personality and we had a lot of common interests. I found out a year later he was a monster. My mom never told me because she feared it would affect my image of myself growing up but he had grabbed me as an infant and threatned to brake my arm after my mom caught him cheating and wanted to leave. He did worse things as well. But it did make me a better father. I love my kid unconditionally and would NEVER harm or abandon them no matter what they did. But I get it. Nobody can damage us like our parents can.
First time I've seen this. Hits home. My wife and I had to take custody of two grandchildren when they were 2 and 5. She passed away when they were 7 and 10. Granddaughter being the 7 year old. My wife had adopted the childrens mother...and I married her when the mother was still a teenager (wife was a widower, so was I) so I had absolutely NO blood relation to the kids. After my wife passed I struggled with the selfish desire to just give the kids back to their worthless mother....but after a few months I decided to not be a cad and continue raising them. This was 12 years ago. Grandson is now a pilot in the Air Force, granddaughter is in her second year of college. I never remarried, devoted all my time to raising them to be respectful, contributing members of society. I had a lot of help from both sides of the family..mine and my wifes...but I could not abandon them. I could just imagine after seeing this just how they would have hated me if I had. And of course I love them just as much as any parent could love their children.
You're lucky. My husband's ex turned the kids on me as soon as we bonded. I went through hell with them because of her and years later, we still have strained relationships :(
@@DeepBlue7 Nowadays it is called ParentAlienationSyndrome and listed as a psychiatric disease and considered as voluntary damage to a child. This should theoretically lead to parenting rights measurements for both sexes. But equality is lost in equity somewhere here as usual.
They both need companionship, that's why they doing things like that. One for losing a wife and daughter, the other for not having a Male figure throughout her lives. Good story
He got off easy. He's lucky that she was desperate for that relationship and connection with him. Most dads who abandon their kids have to go through YEARS of trying to bridge the gap before the kid comes around to them.
'I can start be giving you answers' - that's a good one. The help people need is often of this kind: sense making, creating a better story of their life.
Absolutly !! The KEY word of the whole freakin' video - and, he half mumbles/whispers it in such a low voice, it's impossible (I thought) to understand. Heck, I listend to it several times. On speakers and in earbuds... still, couldn't get it. Came to the comment section hoping somebody DID !! And, thank goodness... Really. Surprized the director let that slip by. Anyway... thanks for catching that !!
Just amazing. Why can't hollywood feel like this? Why is the writing so different, or the acting, or the camera work....whatever the difference is...this evokes emotion....not much else in cinema these days does that..... Thank you. I have watched so many Omeleto videos, and they are incredible. Thank you for making me understand there is still art out there :)
as soon as me and my sister and brother got old enough my step dad cheated on my mom and made a baby on her and left. he literally raised us since we were toddlers. it sucks when your biological father isn’t there and then your step dad leaves too. it makes you feel like you’re so much of a burden that you’re not meant to have a father. no parent step or not should abandon their kids. especially if you’ve spent time raising and taking care of them. you might not see them as your kids but they definitely see you as a father. if you don’t wanna be dad in any way shape or form maybe don’t date or marry women with children.
Imagine if it is your step father who actually sticks around but emotionally abandons you because you're a strange little boy and then he has 2 girls with your real mom and dotes on them like little flowers...my real dad died of cancer years later never really knew him tho, and grandpa had a heart attack while I was overseas
100% LOTS of folks who've never had kids (but not exclusively, there are some bad parents out there, of course, we're all over the range, just like teachers, some of them kinda hate kids and should just be bank tellers instead). Single dads have to be VERY careful as well. There are cliches (for a reason) for BOTH step-dads and boyfriends, AND for "well-meaning" gf and wannabe step moms ("he's just such a great dad, he really loves his daughter" but they've not healed their own father wound, will likely end up "jealous" of the children, and have NO idea that the way they treat the primary is the way they treat the kids). Appreciate you sharing this. They have NO business playing step, getting the kudos, cheating, and running away. Abandonment is brutal, even if the ex is dragging you. Stay available, stay open. Even if engagement isn't feasible (it's a LOT of "parents" creating hell or undermining financial and legal arrangements so that the risk / threat really requires them to "walk away" just to survive). Still happening, like we live in the middle ages. Sorry that happened to you guys. Thanks for speaking to the bond our kids need.
A lot of these short films could definitely become full length ones. Like this one. A movie about an estranged step-daughter and step-father. Their lives, lived independently, suddenly become entangled by a twist of fate. They try to repair a damaged bond as they come to realize that things are not always what they seem.
@@erdelegy Unless he was willing to see his stepdaughter disappear forever, it was necessary for him to leave the gentleman for someone else to give help.
@@erdelegy He handled that situation very well, apologized multiple times and even came up with a solution (calling the receptionist to help). He really couldn't help as he had a priority.
@@dmckenzie7333 Nice. I did not realize that was an option as well... I was a bit surprised about the reaction of the guy behind the desk though that was it. Good catch.
The step dad raised her as a kid with her mum but then when the mum died he abandoned her to fend for herself for 10 years. Edit: when I first made this comment I was very early and people were confused, so I was just helping them out.
Grief makes people do strange things. A good friend and his sister were raised by their paternal grandparents after the early death of their mother. Their father was so overwhelmed by the loss of his wife (who was his childhood sweetheart) that shortly after his wife’s death he failed to pick his children up from his parents home where they went after school, and disappeared. He rapidly drank himself into an early grave without speaking to his children or parent ever again. Prior to his wife’s death he had a good career and idyllic family life.
0:12 You would never say an escort is "with another client" because no man wants to know that she's fvcking someone else for money. An agency would simply say the escort isn't available. Do your research properly.
That "Ofcourse I recognized you." "Well, that makes one of us" was the most brilliant little bit to break up some of the tension and transition from the scenes inside to the outside one.
He is in as much pain as she is, but he is the cause of his, and hers. The regular ‘companion’ has helped to ease the pain in the short term as he had someone to talk to (‘good listener’), that’s why he reluctantly accepted Lily, and he then perhaps realised that talking with Lily would not just ease the pain for a short while but could help them both for good. He was a good guy that ‘fooked up’ big time and was so disappointed in himself he found it too hard to go back and sort things out. He past ‘wrong’ just showed up on his doorstep, and he was brave enough to deal with it. Well written.
well, that is a judgment, based upon a tiny window of the lives of each of them ....and there is a bit said about what brought her to be where she was, but nothing was said about what brought him to where he was ... what was his life like with her mother? what was his life like with his own mother? It would be just as easy to create another different moment from their lives, entirely consistent with everything portrayed here, which would make most of you feel sympathy for him and disgust with her ....in a whole lifetime, individuals have many different facets, they are never simple ......
Why? I would hardly say that it's a dream any kid has. So to get in this kind of profession you have to be some sort of a victim at one point. It's a type of last kind of option not a goal to achieve, even if it may end up providing a miraculous safety net in some cases. I would bet that the examples where this is something good are way way in the minority as compared to the examples where it's a dead end situation. I mean, even in this short they both are broken, hence why they end up touching this industry.
@@michaelallman8481 What did i say and what do you take in... No dream profession in the eyes of anyone specially when are a kid is to prostitute themselves. They end up doing that as result of they being a victim at one point in their life. If it's some specific abuse or some environment result, being forced by others or just life and what options one has available. Whatever may be is not an ideal situation which leads to that destination. then the way people develop, how people react to harshness differs too. Some may get destroyed while others may get empowered. So in this manner some of those people may see prostituting themselves as something good, noble even. But i would say they are more than likely in a minority and pretty sure are just lying to themselves.
This is actually really beautiful, they both have begun to find what they were actually looking for from this transaction. She wants answers and resolve from the abandonment of her father figure, he wants forgiveness and companionship and someone to hear his answers. When she said "What makes you think I want help", in my heart i said 'because we all do'. This is a perfect illustration of the fragililty and hurt that all human beings feel and that we all are searching for a way to mend.
Not all humans do, maybe lots, but there definitely some out there with a lot more inner strength while others go through HIDDEN living hells.. It's about the degree/severity of it.
I want more! These two actors are so compelling and the story is fascinating. Audrey Gagneux is so gifted at natural dialogue that propels the story like in a play but without any of the stiffness of stage dialogue.
What?! 12 minutes?! I need MORE! It's one of those short films that has you glued to the screen and ends on the most interesting moment. Thank you! P.S. The actor that plays a dad is so handsome. I actually expected some balding overweight man and a 'It's Mini's first time' tale. Was pleasantly surprised.
@@Analysis_Paralysis Or did he end up admitting to her that he accidently killed her mother and didn't know what to do, so he fled. But then felt guilt and was lonely and got his comfort from the initial escort. Explained that he loved the step daughter but never wanted to have to tell her the truth because then he would have to kill her so he's not found out and would not have to pay back the insurance money. Then he chokes her while sobbing and telling her how sorry he is. However, she stabs him in the gut with a knife she carries with her for protection, unfortunately he was still able to kill her. And he rolls off her and dies slowly laughing and crying at his situation. But then smiles as he takes his last breath because he can finally stop feeling. Then a dude with a wizard hat walks in... the end.
It is indeed disgusting, but also sad seeing apparently her stepfather raised her like his own daughter for some years before her mother died and he left for 10 years. It makes me think about how there are many step-parents that do not take responsibility for their step-children in situations like in the film and in turn cause a troubled life path for the children left behind. Personally I have been to many orphanages where children were left in the same way as in the film. I think this is the biggest social comment of the film. It doesn't give solutions though.
It doesnt seem to me that he left her because her mother died. He says "ive been thinking of you every single day since your mother died" he left them before she died and later when he got to know the news of her death, he did not have it in him to go back to his stepdaughter. Even she says that he had people who cared for him but he left them, which makes it seem like he left them while she was alive. I NEED ANSWERS.
I agree with you. Lily says something like "you had people who loved you, but you left them behind". He left his wife and stepdaughter, and after the woman's death he didn't have the courage to get back and help the child.
@@kriskelvin5775 I think the writer(s) implicitly wanted to present that the death of this man's wife caused him to just abandon, not just his step-daughter, but his own family...parents, siblings as well. They could not explicitly narrate this because he did not want to articulate what he had done, and was, indeed, internally covering up his misdeeds by drinking, such that he didn't recognize her even on his phone. The fact that @Anandi Ganguly "...NEEDS ANSWERS", shows she is as shallow and weak as the father character. But at least the father was going to face reality, it would seem, at the end of the story. People who need a part 2 of this would be the same people who would mess up a second chance of resolution if they were in the same position.
@@davidletterman9936 so someone being so invested in a piece of art to the point where they really feel for the characters and the circumstances is not a testament to the brilliance of the artists involved but because the person is shallow and weak. Got you.
@@kriskelvin5775 _"He left his wife and stepdaughter, and after the woman's death he didn't have the courage to get back and help the child."_ Wrong. You have no idea how Family and Children Services work. Lily is not his daughter and once Lily's mother died, he has zero rights to Lily. The court system would assign Lily to the closest of kin, which would have nothing to do with him. He would have zero rights to her and the closest of kin responsible for her could file stalking charges and have him in prison the *REST* of his life.
@@nathanwoodruff9422 if they were in a relationship then the lady's kin would know him well and why would they restrict him from seeing the girl he helped raise?(assuming this is a normal family) also it's not that she was expecting him to come back and take her with him, she was expecting him to just reach out to her, spend a little time with his step daughter.
You can tell she's still love her dad even though she get's abandoned and she says 'i might' means she want to forgive him and wanted to give him a second chance.
I kind of wish I hadn't known their connection from the beginning because I just kept waiting for them to look at each other. Definitely an interesting story and I liked the comment that the old man could've been Charlie's father.
Video hits home real hard. Wife left me and her kid. I'm raising my step daughter by myself and she sees me as her real dad since she never got to know her real one. I'm not sure if one day I should let her know the truth....but i'm scared she might want to go seek out her real biological parents.
Tell the truth before she's too old and is upset by how long you kept things a secret. It's the same thing with adoption, it's best if they always know or else they'll have issues about it.
Just raise her with the most love you can. Show her what real parental love is. I would let her know when she's past the age of majority. Try your best to not spoil her though. Knew this girl once with who was adopted (only child), was spoiled, found out late and used this an an excuse to mess her life up. If you daughter learns morals and love from you, much less likely this will even occur. Good luck, God bless.
My father left me & my mother for another woman when I was just 7 years of age & we met again after almost 22 years. Well it's very hard to forgive him, to me he was dead 22 years ago since he didn't show up for those long period. Yes I learned to live without him.
Laughing Wizzy - I don’t know about that. Not fighting for your own child is despicable. It depends on the circumstances though. Sometimes women take off with children and fill their heads full of crap just because the relationship fell apart and sometimes it’s their fault.
@@laughingwizzy5885 No one has to forgive anyone, people should take responsibility for their actions. We should learn to move on with our life. When someone leaves us we dont have to forgive or take them back.
@@stankygoestohollywood6408 Internet tyrant. You know what they say about finger pointing and the 3 finger rule. And you can have the middle one....FREE.
imdjc4 you know what they say about people trying to seem intellectual in the comments of a public video on a channel of which that gets millions of views - get a grip.
Something similar happened in my country. I should say worse. Some friends recommended a girl from an escort service to their friend. And he did avail the service, just to find out that the woman they recommended him was his own daughter. I still can't imagine what their reaction was when they met each other.
Well, if it was like an episode of the tv show Criminal Minds, not good. The daughter became an escort to get back at her Dad for cheating on her mom with escorts; he end up leaving them. Yes, she became an escort so that she can killed the married men that are her clients. However, she only kills the married male clients. She did not felt any remorse; actually thought she was doing the world a favor. Eventually, her father hired her as an escort without knowing who she was.
@@almac9203 Yeah, the actual age gap between the actors Barry Ward and Tanya Reynolds, is only something like 11 years (Reynolds was born in 1991, and Ward seems to have been born in 1980 or 81, according to info on his IMDb page). This short was made/released in 2019, making Ward only around 38 or 39. I think his character is meant to be a bit older, and Reynolds' character is meant to be several years younger than Reynolds' actual age (since she looks younger, and has played characters younger than her age). So maybe the stepdad is mid-40s and "Lily" is 21. But if you ask me, Ward doesn't look over 40 there (he just has gray hair), although maybe we could believe Reynolds is 21~ there. Made me wonder, how old was Lily's mother supposed to be? Was she a teenaged mom? I guess this kind of casting is very common in film/TV/theater - casting an actor playing the mother or father who is only like 15 years older than the actor/actress playing their onscreen child.
I knew a guy who found out the hard way that his stepdaughter worked at a topless bar. It was an awkward meeting for both of them. I am not shocked when I learn that people close to me have sexual vices. I think he tipped her well.
Love the music... Reminds me of the Italian Netflix show 'Baby'... it really gives this short interaction seen like those unexpected moments in life which end up being so vivid and poignant in memory.
WOW! WOW! WOW!! What a powerful and beautifully written film and beautifully acted. (Although, I have to say some of the words the actors were saying, more so the actress were hard to understand and had to use subtitles and even then I just gave up on those words bc the subtitles didn't even know). Every person has a hurt past and some may not be as complex as Laura's and Charlie's, we all have it. Communication is so vital and yet hard sometimes. To break down your walls of hurt, anger and sadness is not an easy thing, however taking that hammer and giving your wall it's first whack is a start. 💕 This would be amazing if it became a movie. 💕 You want to know more about Charlie and Laura and whether they are able to mend their relationship. Sorrow from losing someone you love so much can take a toll on you. You get lost in a world of the unknown after and don't know how or may not want to proceed in a responsible way. One year may pass and you try to say to yourself, you will make a change this year. Fast forward 10 years later and time just zipped by (as some have said where did the tine go...). We need to learn to have empathy on someone's mourning process...... love not only brings happiness, comfort and support but also hurt and confusion. 💕💕💕 * * * * * 5 Star Review 💕💕💕 Beautifully Done 💕💕💕
The moral of the story is, you don’t abandon your step children the moment their mother dies because they don’t have anyone else left for them.
@ Flaming Falcons: Very true. If i had a stepchild i could never abandon him or her. It just wouldn't be right. It would be very wrong.
That and be careful calling on call girls cause ya might get put in an awkward situation.
The moral of the story is that life is complicated. What he did was unquestionably wrong -- he acknowledged that. But now they both have to decide where they want to go from here.
_"The moral of the story is, you don’t abandon your step children the moment their mother dies because they don’t have anyone else left for them."_ Ah... Yea, you do. They are not your children. If she would have said any bad words to the police oh because she didn't like the bedtime he imposed, he would be sitting in jail the rest of his life. I dated a woman that had an 8 year old daughter. One night her mother wanted me to bathe her because she was tired for some reason. I said "No". If her daughter ever spoke about it to anyone, I would have been sitting in jail the rest of my life. You do not understand that you are *Guilty* until proven innocent in Family Court. I have been there.
Where did you come up with that???? Has nothing to do with this.
Plot twist: The old man on the elevator was his own dad, who abandoned him and his mum when he was 17, which caused him to grow up with an emptiness that he reacted to by leaving his family.
Thats a good one 😂😂
And this is all in a dream, like inception! :D
You have a talent to be a writer.
Beautifully put. These issues run generations in many cases.
Yes exactly!!!
She looks like she just needs a long hug.
I have her long hug right here
@@iampoch01 😁
This is called "good acting"!
A long something is more like it.
Thats what worries me
If you’re here because of Cody Ko, Yes! This is the episode that got ripped off
This is soooo much better than the rip off - I can't believe how much Luis ruined it with his version.
@@RicochetAQW literally same. This was amazing and you could actually feel emotions.
This version is just... Frictionless.
I'm here because Brad Pitt was in a Cody Ko vid
@@jacobarmstrong5308 literally same,i couldnt belive it!
heads up boys: she's always somebodies daughter.
As long as it's not your own.
Your not lieing about that
That’s why exploring the nuances in life are such good god damn stories like this...because life is a big contradiction and crazy randomness and it’s within the details where the story lies most...
eternity level comment, yes, she is always someone's daughter, and God is always watching. Even if you don't believe he exists, he IS watching - you
@@davidgdmz4551 Is he standing on a cloud, wearing a long white robe and stroking his long beard?
Isn’t this Lily from S Education or am I seeing things?
OMG I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT
Yes it is. Thought I was the only one who noticed
Once a Lily forever a Lily
This is what happened after she graduated
I guess she is
I see this is where Lily has gone after breaking up with Ola
Otis you naughty boy!!!
it's so funny how her name here is also Lily
BOLLOCKS
Not enough aliens haha
This video just left me so depressed and aching to know more. Why was he not there for her? I have a step daughter, she is grown now and still I can't imagine abandoning her like that.
I know of fathers that have raised their step children after their mother has left family. Having stepchildren to me is like adoption, the bond is forever and not just tied to the marriage.
It would probably have been better if they had him say that she reminded him too much of her mother, and he couldn't handle it mentally or something along those lines.
If only my dad and stepdad felt like that about me..youre a true man.
@@JazHerrera I have four loving and forgiving children. I was better than some dads but not nearly as good as I could have been. Thank you ever so much for your compliment. You will get through today and someday I pray you will be the parent you wish your parents were.
In traditional Indian Society, there is a strong concept of faimily and no chance to leave the responsibility of parenting children.
Yes!
Like Every society, there are some flaws within, but strong faimily system is need for better society.
Aaron Urie Jesus get a life it's a video that's all
This is a real version of how all the ‘step father and step daughter’ videos on PH would actually end up.
of course, PH is a fantasy.
I mean, even if you're not her biological father, you'd be grossed to think something dirty with your step daughter.
@@KoeSeer PH is degenerate filth its really bad to consume that kind of content for your mental health.
@@andrewsmith8715 - Oooh, now I want to know what PH is!!
@@misterrea861 no you don’t lol
WHAT ARE YOU DOING STEP DAD??
I think this is a bit deeper than him just abandoning her.
He clearly has money, paying for attractive escorts in a nice hotel - the one thing his step daughter is truly deprived of. Her job is basically providing support to lonely or desperate men with money.
Basically, he's paying for prostitutes and she's a prostitute when in reality he could've just supported his step daughter from the get-go and this literally would've never been a problem. She wouldn't need to sell her body and he wouldn't need to pay women to pretend to love him.
Humans are silly. A lot of our pains are self-inflicted. Our egos too big for our own good.
But he's sexual fantasies won't be met with her
@@grapefruitsyrup8185you been watching too much Redtube my guy
good analysis, friend!
That's the story we would've gotten, if this had continued...
Thought this was a pretty useless video but the way you framed it made it a bit better
The Acting in Omeleto is always Academy Award winning......that's why I'm addicted!!
Omeleto is a film enthusiast from Taiwan, he doesn't make these shorts he just travels film festivals and collects them.
@@krashd now I can die in peace.
💯
I didn't know of omeleto till this moment and the one thing that struck me was how very good the acting is it seems to be in this short at least. Thought the ladies performance was excellent, have to say it has a plot that was not anticipated, that was the reason it's so damn good. A deeper than surface plot combined with a performance by the players that is top shelf. More filmmakers could learn from this, I can only hope....
the writing too is excellent :)
I literally thought that he was cheating on her mother and she turned out to be the escort.
Same.
me too!
Ahaha Same
Same
Same
This man isnt even her real father and he manages to make more of an apology that my own real father has ever made.
I grew up without my father. By 22 I he never sent a birthday card, called me and had a new family, giving his "new son" my name, like I was dead or never existed.
It was something that always hurt me but I always acted as if I didn't care. I met someone who knew him at 22.I lived in CA and he was in Florida so it was highly unlikely. He agreed to meet me.
I liked his personality and we had a lot of common interests.
I found out a year later he was a monster. My mom never told me because she feared it would affect my image of myself growing up but he had grabbed me as an infant and threatned to brake my arm after my mom caught him cheating and wanted to leave. He did worse things as well.
But it did make me a better father. I love my kid unconditionally and would NEVER harm or abandon them no matter what they did. But I get it. Nobody can damage us like our parents can.
yh sadly me too
Hug
@@khushboogautam504 yes please
Imagine not having a dad
First time I've seen this. Hits home. My wife and I had to take custody of two grandchildren when they were 2 and 5. She passed away when they were 7 and 10. Granddaughter being the 7 year old. My wife had adopted the childrens mother...and I married her when the mother was still a teenager (wife was a widower, so was I) so I had absolutely NO blood relation to the kids. After my wife passed I struggled with the selfish desire to just give the kids back to their worthless mother....but after a few months I decided to not be a cad and continue raising them. This was 12 years ago. Grandson is now a pilot in the Air Force, granddaughter is in her second year of college. I never remarried, devoted all my time to raising them to be respectful, contributing members of society. I had a lot of help from both sides of the family..mine and my wifes...but I could not abandon them. I could just imagine after seeing this just how they would have hated me if I had. And of course I love them just as much as any parent could love their children.
way to go, Pop! No idea what they call you, but love seeing this. Dad is as dad does. Glad you got to walk the path of love.
I'm speechless. This one packed a punch. I raised 3 children that I unreservedly inherited. And I love them with all of my heart and soul
You're lucky. My husband's ex turned the kids on me as soon as we bonded. I went through hell with them because of her and years later, we still have strained relationships :(
@@DeepBlue7 yup, children are usually used as weapons
@@NaNa-kj2gw I hate it so much. I wish these parents would realize they're hurting their own children by doing this. 😪
@@DeepBlue7 Nowadays it is called ParentAlienationSyndrome and listed as a psychiatric disease and considered as voluntary damage to a child. This should theoretically lead to parenting rights measurements for both sexes. But equality is lost in equity somewhere here as usual.
Jesus christ their acting in the outside scene was impeccable. Almost seems like they nailed it in one shot
Exactly it was perfect it took millions of trys
Name one Omeleto film with bad acting. You cant.
They were both brilliant.
Don't say His name in vain
@@liamc1102 sorry there little Timmy
I feel like this needs a part two. I just wanna know more about this backstory!!
Part 2 is on another website...
EpicToadRage what website?
@@isabellapapatheodorou7503 stars with a p im guessing
@@isabellapapatheodorou7503 you already know dude 😉
graphic designer 😂
They both need companionship, that's why they doing things like that. One for losing a wife and daughter, the other for not having a Male figure throughout her lives. Good story
@ what's wrong with you? Why always turn the feminist gun on? What's so wrong with needing a male figure in your life???
@@poojayadav1202 there's nothing weird about it stop complaining
She has male figures alright
The cooler black mirror
@@poojayadav1202 calm down
He got off easy. He's lucky that she was desperate for that relationship and connection with him. Most dads who abandon their kids have to go through YEARS of trying to bridge the gap before the kid comes around to them.
Yep.
Well he's not like most dads, in fact he's not her dad at all.
@@charismatic9467 he helped raise her for a signifcant enough portion of her life. The relationship dynamic is the same.
@@stewartmullings1552 It's not though. He has no obligation to raise her.
@@charismatic9467
The law I imagine wouldn't see that way.
I saw a horrible rip-off of this short film, and I'm glad to see the original is actually good
I came from Cody Kos video
@@Kakothree same
where was the rip-off?
@@harrietpotter649 “life lessons with Louis” or something. Idk, I came from Cody’s video
"You don't recognize me?" My daughter talking to the man who raised her then abandoned her... shxt is crushing
The description says way too much and takes away from the film.
Then don't read it
Who reads description. Lol
@@amitpaul7940 I know I didn't
don't read it
What did you expect? It’s a description.
'I can start be giving you answers' - that's a good one. The help people need is often of this kind: sense making, creating a better story of their life.
I agree.
Very true.
Thanks, I couldn't catch what he said there. It sounded like "giving you us", but that didn't make sense.
Absolutly !! The KEY word of the whole freakin' video - and, he half mumbles/whispers it in such a low voice, it's impossible (I thought) to understand. Heck, I listend to it several times. On speakers and in earbuds... still, couldn't get it. Came to the comment section hoping somebody DID !! And, thank goodness... Really. Surprized the director let that slip by. Anyway... thanks for catching that !!
@@pipgarden LOL yes me too, played it about 5 times....
great acting, directing and best of all-writing
"You're the best step-father I could have ever asked for"
lmfao
Plot Twist: they were role playing. Lol thanks for the likes. That's some SERIOUS role playing
Plot twist he is her father.
This guy role plays.
@So so where are you from?
Lmaooooo
NOOO HAHA WTF
It's crazy how young The stepfather looks but yet looks older 🙁
He’s very good looking, hey
Isn’t he peter Baelish from GOT?
@@zailophonex no
@@zailophonex no they're just 2 Irish dilfs that look alike
A Robert Redford type
Hollywood reign is OVER.
So much talent is out there.
The performance here was very good.
Only when the money can match will the reign be over.
@@lilpimp994 Good Point.
We say the same for Bollywood 😂
Its replaced by OTT platforms now
The actress was beautiful.
This actress is literally a Netflix show actor
Just amazing. Why can't hollywood feel like this? Why is the writing so different, or the acting, or the camera work....whatever the difference is...this evokes emotion....not much else in cinema these days does that.....
Thank you. I have watched so many Omeleto videos, and they are incredible. Thank you for making me understand there is still art out there :)
Because hollyweird is all about pushing an agenda down our throats.
Because Hollywood is sick and needs to be completely overhauled and everybody fired.
Because she'd have to be in a wheelchair and he'd have to identify as a toaster probably.
Hollywood is not free in the least. They keep telling you the same story in different ways all over.
Hollywood is all about big bucks. Do you not know that?
as soon as me and my sister and brother got old enough my step dad cheated on my mom and made a baby on her and left. he literally raised us since we were toddlers. it sucks when your biological father isn’t there and then your step dad leaves too. it makes you feel like you’re so much of a burden that you’re not meant to have a father. no parent step or not should abandon their kids. especially if you’ve spent time raising and taking care of them. you might not see them as your kids but they definitely see you as a father. if you don’t wanna be dad in any way shape or form maybe don’t date or marry women with children.
I hope you will be able to express exactly how you feel to him and start healing. Hugs.
Imagine if it is your step father who actually sticks around but emotionally abandons you because you're a strange little boy and then he has 2 girls with your real mom and dotes on them like little flowers...my real dad died of cancer years later never really knew him tho, and grandpa had a heart attack while I was overseas
100% LOTS of folks who've never had kids (but not exclusively, there are some bad parents out there, of course, we're all over the range, just like teachers, some of them kinda hate kids and should just be bank tellers instead). Single dads have to be VERY careful as well. There are cliches (for a reason) for BOTH step-dads and boyfriends, AND for "well-meaning" gf and wannabe step moms ("he's just such a great dad, he really loves his daughter" but they've not healed their own father wound, will likely end up "jealous" of the children, and have NO idea that the way they treat the primary is the way they treat the kids).
Appreciate you sharing this. They have NO business playing step, getting the kudos, cheating, and running away. Abandonment is brutal, even if the ex is dragging you. Stay available, stay open. Even if engagement isn't feasible (it's a LOT of "parents" creating hell or undermining financial and legal arrangements so that the risk / threat really requires them to "walk away" just to survive). Still happening, like we live in the middle ages.
Sorry that happened to you guys. Thanks for speaking to the bond our kids need.
A lot of these short films could definitely become full length ones. Like this one. A movie about an estranged step-daughter and step-father. Their lives, lived independently, suddenly become entangled by a twist of fate. They try to repair a damaged bond as they come to realize that things are not always what they seem.
I feel bad for the old man who asked him for help.
Was he real? Look at the reaction of the receptionists when he asks them to assist.
@@dmckenzie7333 Yeah I thought that was odd; it also felt a touch forced but it happens.
@@erdelegy Unless he was willing to see his stepdaughter disappear forever, it was necessary for him to leave the gentleman for someone else to give help.
@@erdelegy He handled that situation very well, apologized multiple times and even came up with a solution (calling the receptionist to help). He really couldn't help as he had a priority.
@@dmckenzie7333 Nice. I did not realize that was an option as well... I was a bit surprised about the reaction of the guy behind the desk though that was it. Good catch.
The step dad raised her as a kid with her mum but then when the mum died he abandoned her to fend for herself for 10 years.
Edit: when I first made this comment I was very early and people were confused, so I was just helping them out.
either that or the mother wasn't in good financial standing.
He literally says that.
@@Abstractivity_ No, her mom died. The man said it himself. Didn't you watch the whole video?
Grief makes people do strange things. A good friend and his sister were raised by their paternal grandparents after the early death of their mother. Their father was so overwhelmed by the loss of his wife (who was his childhood sweetheart) that shortly after his wife’s death he failed to pick his children up from his parents home where they went after school, and disappeared. He rapidly drank himself into an early grave without speaking to his children or parent ever again. Prior to his wife’s death he had a good career and idyllic family life.
Exactly!!!
0:12 You would never say an escort is "with another client" because no man wants to know that she's fvcking someone else for money. An agency would simply say the escort isn't available. Do your research properly.
That "Ofcourse I recognized you." "Well, that makes one of us" was the most brilliant little bit to break up some of the tension and transition from the scenes inside to the outside one.
He is in as much pain as she is, but he is the cause of his, and hers.
The regular ‘companion’ has helped to ease the pain in the short term as he had someone to talk to (‘good listener’), that’s why he reluctantly accepted Lily, and he then perhaps realised that talking with Lily would not just ease the pain for a short while but could help them both for good.
He was a good guy that ‘fooked up’ big time and was so disappointed in himself he found it too hard to go back and sort things out. He past ‘wrong’ just showed up on his doorstep, and he was brave enough to deal with it.
Well written.
Everyone once has a major mistake in life.
Well said...
well, that is a judgment, based upon a tiny window of the lives of each of them ....and there is a bit said about what brought her to be where she was, but nothing was said about what brought him to where he was ... what was his life like with her mother? what was his life like with his own mother? It would be just as easy to create another different moment from their lives, entirely consistent with everything portrayed here, which would make most of you feel sympathy for him and disgust with her ....in a whole lifetime, individuals have many different facets, they are never simple ......
My only complaint with these videos is that the stories are always so good I’m always left wanting more when they end 😂
That’s why they’re so good: long enough to draw you in, short enough not to fumble an ending.
~from the Future
That's the whole point ...enough for you to go away, digest and ponder on
Seemingly, there is no maximum to the damage family can do to itself.
10 years and they're still his screen saver now that is love
lol he had a wallpaper on his phone, that's pretty meaningless when you consider what he actually did for her: nothing. 😂
Not love, pathetic is what it is, as he described it.
I appreciate the fact that Lily/Laura is not portrayed as a victim for her profession.
Why? I would hardly say that it's a dream any kid has. So to get in this kind of profession you have to be some sort of a victim at one point. It's a type of last kind of option not a goal to achieve, even if it may end up providing a miraculous safety net in some cases. I would bet that the examples where this is something good are way way in the minority as compared to the examples where it's a dead end situation.
I mean, even in this short they both are broken, hence why they end up touching this industry.
@@somnorila9913So escorts are victims because escorting is not a kid's dream profession?
@@michaelallman8481 What did i say and what do you take in...
No dream profession in the eyes of anyone specially when are a kid is to prostitute themselves. They end up doing that as result of they being a victim at one point in their life. If it's some specific abuse or some environment result, being forced by others or just life and what options one has available. Whatever may be is not an ideal situation which leads to that destination.
then the way people develop, how people react to harshness differs too. Some may get destroyed while others may get empowered. So in this manner some of those people may see prostituting themselves as something good, noble even. But i would say they are more than likely in a minority and pretty sure are just lying to themselves.
This is actually really beautiful, they both have begun to find what they were actually looking for from this transaction. She wants answers and resolve from the abandonment of her father figure, he wants forgiveness and companionship and someone to hear his answers. When she said "What makes you think I want help", in my heart i said 'because we all do'. This is a perfect illustration of the fragililty and hurt that all human beings feel and that we all are searching for a way to mend.
Lovely insight, thank you 🥰
Not all humans do, maybe lots, but there definitely some out there with a lot more inner strength while others go through HIDDEN living hells.. It's about the degree/severity of it.
lol I thought the exactly same thing. "We all do".
Lily:
"What are you doing, stepfather?"
Lmfao
"You're stuck daughter"
Flodder reference?
this thread
I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT THANK YOU, ALSO IT'S AMAZHANG TO FIND ANOTHER DEMIGOD IN THE COMMENTS I'M A CHILD OF DEMETER!!
I want more! These two actors are so compelling and the story is fascinating. Audrey Gagneux is so gifted at natural dialogue that propels the story like in a play but without any of the stiffness of stage dialogue.
What?! 12 minutes?!
I need MORE!
It's one of those short films that has you glued to the screen and ends on the most interesting moment.
Thank you!
P.S. The actor that plays a dad is so handsome. I actually expected some balding overweight man and a 'It's Mini's first time' tale. Was pleasantly surprised.
It felt way shorter then 12-13 minutes
it ends just where it should: the uncertainty of future, difficult life is also part of the beauty of life
And the happily ever after I think they went on to a good friendly relationship rather than having any sexual relationship.
THEY WERE BOTH HURTING AND NEEDED EACH OTHER IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WAY, I LOVE HOW THESE MOVIES CONVEY DEEP MESSAGES.
So many of these short stories would benefit from a sequel this was getting quite interesting ;) If only I was a fly on that wall..
@@TimLake most people don't that's why they aren't popular
@@TimLake Agreed.
@@TimLake I'm the opposite, I enjoy closure
This clearly had a happy open ending... They were willing to talk to each other, she needed answers, and that's what he offered to her.
@@Analysis_Paralysis Or did he end up admitting to her that he accidently killed her mother and didn't know what to do, so he fled. But then felt guilt and was lonely and got his comfort from the initial escort. Explained that he loved the step daughter but never wanted to have to tell her the truth because then he would have to kill her so he's not found out and would not have to pay back the insurance money. Then he chokes her while sobbing and telling her how sorry he is. However, she stabs him in the gut with a knife she carries with her for protection, unfortunately he was still able to kill her. And he rolls off her and dies slowly laughing and crying at his situation. But then smiles as he takes his last breath because he can finally stop feeling.
Then a dude with a wizard hat walks in... the end.
The dad is hot.
Bruh
no u
@@jacobkim3690 she’s female
Oh Yes.
@@prarthanadutta6934 hey :)
If she's not famous she looks like somebody famous. Either that or I guess just she has great makeup or else she's just really beautiful.
Can we take a moment to appreciate how good looking the step dad is😉😍😍😍... in awe of him😋😉☺️
She's pretty top shelf herself.
you are not the only one
I have a stepfather. This made me shudder in disgust at that thought. Overall, though, the film was compelling.
@@shammysingh8295 Im good bro thanks for asking
It is indeed disgusting, but also sad seeing apparently her stepfather raised her like his own daughter for some years before her mother died and he left for 10 years. It makes me think about how there are many step-parents that do not take responsibility for their step-children in situations like in the film and in turn cause a troubled life path for the children left behind. Personally I have been to many orphanages where children were left in the same way as in the film. I think this is the biggest social comment of the film. It doesn't give solutions though.
Hilbert Braspenning because it wouldn’t have the same weight, I think. I like the fact they don’t give us a resolution. It personalises it.
Out of interest, how would you have reacted when the door opens and you find out? Run? Slap? Ask for explanations?
Be horrified, young lady. Be horrified.
Producer: So your character is called Lily...
Her: YES
😂
It doesnt seem to me that he left her because her mother died. He says "ive been thinking of you every single day since your mother died" he left them before she died and later when he got to know the news of her death, he did not have it in him to go back to his stepdaughter. Even she says that he had people who cared for him but he left them, which makes it seem like he left them while she was alive. I NEED ANSWERS.
I agree with you. Lily says something like "you had people who loved you, but you left them behind". He left his wife and stepdaughter, and after the woman's death he didn't have the courage to get back and help the child.
@@kriskelvin5775 I think the writer(s) implicitly wanted to present that the death of this man's wife caused him to just abandon, not just his step-daughter, but his own family...parents, siblings as well.
They could not explicitly narrate this because he did not want to articulate what he had done, and was, indeed, internally covering up his misdeeds by drinking, such that he didn't recognize her even on his phone.
The fact that @Anandi Ganguly
"...NEEDS ANSWERS", shows she is as shallow and weak as the father character. But at least the father was going to face reality, it would seem, at the end of the story. People who need a part 2 of this would be the same people who would mess up a second chance of resolution if they were in the same position.
@@davidletterman9936 so someone being so invested in a piece of art to the point where they really feel for the characters and the circumstances is not a testament to the brilliance of the artists involved but because the person is shallow and weak. Got you.
@@kriskelvin5775 _"He left his wife and stepdaughter, and after the woman's death he didn't have the courage to get back and help the child."_ Wrong. You have no idea how Family and Children Services work. Lily is not his daughter and once Lily's mother died, he has zero rights to Lily. The court system would assign Lily to the closest of kin, which would have nothing to do with him. He would have zero rights to her and the closest of kin responsible for her could file stalking charges and have him in prison the *REST* of his life.
@@nathanwoodruff9422 if they were in a relationship then the lady's kin would know him well and why would they restrict him from seeing the girl he helped raise?(assuming this is a normal family) also it's not that she was expecting him to come back and take her with him, she was expecting him to just reach out to her, spend a little time with his step daughter.
Your videos have definitely enhanced my appreciation of short form story telling.
You can tell she's still love her dad even though she get's abandoned and she says 'i might' means she want to forgive him and wanted to give him a second chance.
I'd happily watch a full film or tv series about these two working out their relationship.
you can't leave me hanging like that, WHAT DID THE OLD MAN NEED!!!!?
His family back... who were the lead actors...
@@Nemozoli I'm an idiot =O
That'll be covered in the spin-off movie; *Billy* Meets Charlie
@Sebastian Bach get it out*
I think this question is more intruiging than the entire rest of the it tbh
What are you doing stepdad?
-Someone on the internet.
😂
The girl sounds like Google Assistant
Hahaha
😂 In that case Google Assistant is everywhere in the UK.
There are so many brilliant actors in these videos. They are truly gifted , talented and know their craft.
I kind of wish I hadn't known their connection from the beginning because I just kept waiting for them to look at each other. Definitely an interesting story and I liked the comment that the old man could've been Charlie's father.
The stepdad is a terrific actor btw. ALSO DROP A SEQUEL OMELETO!!!!!
such a contrast to the terrible lead actress right..
@@Petra-P they were both great but his character's role this was a little more complex I felt
@@Petra-P um..no? She was pretty great too?
I love her acting, her accent, her big eyes and her cute face. I don't know..but this is such a pretty cute woman! Love it!
Yes, very attractive
yeah because shes a real actor i remember seeing her in some shows
Yea ngl she is absolutely gorgeous here.
Meh. Too pasty white
Um ... you're attractive. She's not.
Video hits home real hard. Wife left me and her kid. I'm raising my step daughter by myself and she sees me as her real dad since she never got to know her real one. I'm not sure if one day I should let her know the truth....but i'm scared she might want to go seek out her real biological parents.
Do your best bro.
Tell the truth before she's too old and is upset by how long you kept things a secret. It's the same thing with adoption, it's best if they always know or else they'll have issues about it.
Just raise her with the most love you can. Show her what real parental love is. I would let her know when she's past the age of majority. Try your best to not spoil her though. Knew this girl once with who was adopted (only child), was spoiled, found out late and used this an an excuse to mess her life up. If you daughter learns morals and love from you, much less likely this will even occur. Good luck, God bless.
Wow, the actors and script are just splendid. That is a masterful short film! Thank you.
My father left me & my mother for another woman when I was just 7 years of age & we met again after almost 22 years.
Well it's very hard to forgive him, to me he was dead 22 years ago since he didn't show up for those long period.
Yes I learned to live without him.
Learn to forgive dude.
Laughing Wizzy - I don’t know about that. Not fighting for your own child is despicable. It depends on the circumstances though. Sometimes women take off with children and fill their heads full of crap just because the relationship fell apart and sometimes it’s their fault.
@@laughingwizzy5885 No one has to forgive anyone, people should take responsibility for their actions. We should learn to move on with our life. When someone leaves us we dont have to forgive or take them back.
Were you escorting?
I'm sorry.
In the first minutes, Lily should say to herself: "Uhm...His voice sounds so familiar to me????"
It's been 10Years
@@SuperSAIYAN_NumbeR6 regardless you could see on her face that she knew or at least had an inkling of a thought
@@elf3477 yes, and when she started walking around
My cats name is lily and she just jumped on my lap looking at me reproachfully.
Do not abandon Lily! She'll hunt you down...in a hotel...disguised as a pizza delivery person...
I love the sound track to this short film
Do you know the song by chance I'm desperate to know
The only injustice to this video is how short it is. This needs to be longer. Phenomenal film.
Perfect. Music, acting, direction, editing, dialogues,....and everything. Simply perfect.
Omeleto - Movies made for thinkers, created by thinkers.
@The Seven Unkowns So be it.
imdjc4 it’s quite easy to understand,stop being pretentious to overcompensate for the fact you’re not as intelligent as you think you are.
@@stankygoestohollywood6408 Internet tyrant. You know what they say about finger pointing and the 3 finger rule. And you can have the middle one....FREE.
imdjc4 you know what they say about people trying to seem intellectual in the comments of a public video on a channel of which that gets millions of views - get a grip.
@The Seven Unkowns This comment sounds hypocritical. BTW...What does exclusionary mean?
Something similar happened in my country. I should say worse.
Some friends recommended a girl from an escort service to their friend.
And he did avail the service, just to find out that the woman they recommended him was his own daughter.
I still can't imagine what their reaction was when they met each other.
😳😳😳
Well, if it was like an episode of the tv show Criminal Minds, not good. The daughter became an escort to get back at her Dad for cheating on her mom with escorts; he end up leaving them. Yes, she became an escort so that she can killed the married men that are her clients. However, she only kills the married male clients. She did not felt any remorse; actually thought she was doing the world a favor. Eventually, her father hired her as an escort without knowing who she was.
@@bermanmo6237 that's dark! This story is better!
did he give her a good tip?
Did he ask for her the next time?
@adolft_official I think you meant "how else would you have been born?"
Bad grammar makes burns ineffective. Take a few lessons and try again later.
Tanya Reynolds and Barry Ward are both incredibly talented. Wow.
This got me more interested in the first 5-6 mins than most netflix series.
The dad is straight out of a Mills & Boons novel.
Exactly so hot and handsome
I swear!
@@maggied4802 is he old enough to he her stepfather? Seems a bit young. They look like they could be a couple.
@@almac9203 Yeah, the actual age gap between the actors Barry Ward and Tanya Reynolds, is only something like 11 years (Reynolds was born in 1991, and Ward seems to have been born in 1980 or 81, according to info on his IMDb page). This short was made/released in 2019, making Ward only around 38 or 39. I think his character is meant to be a bit older, and Reynolds' character is meant to be several years younger than Reynolds' actual age (since she looks younger, and has played characters younger than her age). So maybe the stepdad is mid-40s and "Lily" is 21. But if you ask me, Ward doesn't look over 40 there (he just has gray hair), although maybe we could believe Reynolds is 21~ there. Made me wonder, how old was Lily's mother supposed to be? Was she a teenaged mom?
I guess this kind of casting is very common in film/TV/theater - casting an actor playing the mother or father who is only like 15 years older than the actor/actress playing their onscreen child.
Now we how mumma fell for him, such a smooth talker, cheers to the guy, madlad
Am I the only one who think that he looks French?
No
No
Based Frenchman
Because he's rude?
he does have a bit of Vincent Cassel in him...
And THAT, kids, is how I met your mother.
LOL Hahah
A perfect short film. Well-constructed melodrama, well-acted, well-timed. Well… done!
He’s a Daddy
Bro wha-
no
Why he getting all girls
This but literally.
Omeleto has some good short stories, it's my Netflix
Except it's quality over quantity
So is that his step daughter or is Lily an actress hired to listen and help him act this out to get through his problems? Ooooooo
@Matthew Estrada Thats very true!
That would have made for a great plotline/twist
It's the destiny...but upside down
We all need to hear us out...
That's a good plot twist
I knew a guy who found out the hard way that his stepdaughter worked at a topless bar. It was an awkward meeting for both of them. I am not shocked when I learn that people close to me have sexual vices. I think he tipped her well.
Heads up girls: he's always sombodies father.
The possibilities are so many and yet the choices are limited.
What do you mean?
If that's what "Johns" look like, sign me up! lol
Love the music... Reminds me of the Italian Netflix show 'Baby'... it really gives this short interaction seen like those unexpected moments in life which end up being so vivid and poignant in memory.
The music for this was on point. Damn
Plot hole: No man would hire an escort without looking at the pictures first, ever.
A Gentleman of Culture, I see.
I’m sure that old man had some kind of importance.
That old man is his dad who left him 40 years ago.
I saw Lily and I clicked. This film was a bonus for me!!
I remembered Danish Girl
WOW! WOW! WOW!! What a powerful and beautifully written film and beautifully acted. (Although, I have to say some of the words the actors were saying, more so the actress were hard to understand and had to use subtitles and even then I just gave up on those words bc the subtitles didn't even know).
Every person has a hurt past and some may not be as complex as Laura's and Charlie's, we all have it. Communication is so vital and yet hard sometimes. To break down your walls of hurt, anger and sadness is not an easy thing, however taking that hammer and giving your wall it's first whack is a start. 💕 This would be amazing if it became a movie. 💕
You want to know more about Charlie and Laura and whether they are able to mend their relationship. Sorrow from losing someone you love so much can take a toll on you. You get lost in a world of the unknown after and don't know how or may not want to proceed in a responsible way. One year may pass and you try to say to yourself, you will make a change this year. Fast forward 10 years later and time just zipped by (as some have said where did the tine go...).
We need to learn to have empathy on someone's mourning process...... love not only brings happiness, comfort and support but also hurt and confusion. 💕💕💕
* * * * * 5 Star Review 💕💕💕 Beautifully Done 💕💕💕
Moral - raise your children properly. Dont leave on the way
You wont be alone. You understand them. They will understand you. .
She's mad because her step-dad hasn't bought the milk even after 10 years.
Looks like she need a tight and warm hug from every direction
isn't the stepdad the father of Alyssa in TEOTFW?!!!!! lord, he's hot!
It is indeed, Barry Ward
It's not just a story, this is actually someone's life
Those synthwave touches makes the beginning and the ending awesome.
Couldnt find the song I tried. Depressing lol