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The Persistence of Memory (2021)

Original title in Estonian: Mälu püsivus

Students film | Drama Duration 13:58

Plot summary

It is a film about a potential film, a story about stories. There is the writer, the narrator and the director telling and retelling a story that they are also a part of, interfering with the events. As the writer walks into the bar wanting to fix his relationship with the waitress, the story of their past argument unfolds in many different timelines, according to different points of view. The narrator and the writer try to change the events while the film crew tries to bring the words to screen, interfering with what is seen. Every possibility of the story is happening at the same place, at the same time.

Keywords: bar | bartender | waitress | filming crew | writer | telling stories | director | View all »

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