HOPE - Post-Apocalyptic Short Film
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- "By transmitting signals from a radio tower, two survivors of the apocalypse desperately cling to the hope that they are not alone."
Co-produced with Ragnarok Film AS - Check out the webpage here: ragnarok-film....
Written, Directed & Edited by Toni Kotka
Produced by Per Kristian Willand Engebretsen
Cinematography by Arne Vidar Stoltenberg
Scenography by Hallvard Hellem
Lighting and Grip by David Hortman Bøe
Score by Kristian Brastein
Starring:
Tomas Grande as Luca
Marius Gjemble as Ford
A big thanks to all the amazing people who supported the production of this film!
The Original Soundtrack is on Spotify!
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Good to see an after actually looking dirty like he's been in the zombie apocalypse for years unlike some of these videos where every one looks clean and fresh cut hair
Cory Sartin fingernails clean asf though
true in general, except it was really distracting that both guys had eyeliner on every day. Like, who has time for that in an apocalypse?
But is Luca wearing eye liner?
I thought the same thing Cory
You can't except film's for what they are but you believe in zombies 😂
Holy crap, the pivotal turn in Luca's story where reality started shifting back to an almost normal really got to me, and how it ended kind of made me feel really sad.
Amazing story guys, this was really deep!
What a deep plot. I feel like every conversation is thought through very intensively, to be one of lucas thoughts. Also the way that theyre talking is exactly the same way people are talking to themselves. 👏
Yes! Especially the scene where he was walking on the train tracks. The point of view made it look like he was talking to himself most of that conversation.
His ‘friend’ was the voice in his head that said “there is no-one else, you are all alone, accept it and push on” the ‘woman’ over the radio was another voice in his head, that was the HOPE he was holding onto that someone else existed, that he was not alone. The truth was too hard to accept, so he had a battle raging within.
At the end he was having to come to terms with reality. He decided to accept the truth.
Tinkertime Thank you! Makes sense now
And the mantid? Creeping dispare?
Yes, but at the end of the film before he walks away you see the top of a hood walk past the camera and then Luca following the same path. Two people?
Dude you really have to many ford's running around your studio apartment..
Thanks!
This film is so well done its hard to express. I watched it through just once but it stuck in my head for weeks. I couldn't shake the idea of, how lonely do you have to be before your mind creates an imaginary friend. Then how long of living with your figment does it take to forgo the chance to find another real person. This scenario haunted me. Then it hit me.........there is no other person......he is so utterly alone his mind is creating a new friend. It was when he told Ford the radio is how he found him that drew me to the conclusion, there is no one else. Just a desperately lonely person with no hope. Well done.
Great analysis! :)
I got chills reading that... and that's never happened to me before.
Ford was a coping mechanism; like Wilson in Cast Away (Tom Hanks movie, early 2000's, I think). Do we take the delusion, or venture towards reality. After all the time of being alone, reality becomes scary. Good movie.
Exactly
The radio was a hallucination, how could the woman know his name?
@@NorseGraphic Maybe the woman was a hallucination as well.
@@NorseGraphic He broadcast his name and that he was with his friend.
Very impressive. I know this story, but you retold it with vigor and care. The actors are to be congratulated. Well done.
Is there one other version?! How may I find it?!
What’s the original story??????
I’ve seen Luca before. He lived on the second floor.
This film brings reality to a real trauma these folks suffer. It moved me, good job relating and drumming up a ton of emotions in me. I spent two months homeless a few months ago, I lived among and witnessed people actually like this
Five Finger Death Punch - Wrong Side Of Heaven, search it, watch it.
I too had a choice to make, stay homeless and live free, somewhat, or answer my daughters call to let her take care of me. I answered the walkie-talkie. This really brought me back to those moments living alone in my head. Many are not as fortunate to have a hand out of the hell.
At least that wasn't the same old guy with girl and gun and both look perfectly clean and shaved always, good job. Very creative. Unexpected, so thank you.
These actors we're actually pretty good. 👍
Thanks!
They really were decent; other than the tackle at 23:48. LOL 🤣
Very good screenplay. Its an unusual psychological drama. The dead bodies 'found' leaves alot to wonder about. Some Lessons: Always keep your batteries charged, walkie talkie on, and use a large hilltop antenna to reach far way persons who just might be listening. Just dont IGNORE the signals. Only at the ending is I fully understood this film: hopeful, yet ironically -hopeless in a sense... Definitely a must-see.
It was brilliant. But it would have blown me away if Luca was the illusion and Ford was desperately trying to prevent him from disappearing forever.
Wow, yeah. That would've been some twist! Good idea :)
Deeeeeeep twist :D
the music was excellent, went with the mood changes of the characters perfectly
in fact that was the first thing that drew me in
2:25 told you everything...if you were paying attention and this movie deserves attention.
Yeah! Great comment, thank you :D
Everyone knows he answered the radio and that's when all the chaos began.
I just watched your film, stunning work! Thank you for making and sharing this!
I watch a lot of these films. This was very very good. Loved it. Legit good.
Excellently done great story 5 stars
WOW This is a deep film very creative truly brilliant.
Beautifully done. Incredibly emotional and moving.
Can someone try to explain this to me, I’m assuming Ford was dead the whole time and is only the protagonists mind as he tries to find another person besides ford (which he could of killed). I’m also assuming the whole thing has impacted the protagonist heavily in that he tried to take his own life as mentioned by his subconscious (Ford).
Plus, the woman on the radio is probably also in his mind. Since she call him by name.
@@edwardmurdoch5070 He did mention his name on the walky talkey so she might be real. Not alot of range on just the walky and her voice was coming in real clear so could be imagination too.I guess it's up to you if want to believe if she real or not.
@@darmuslives4340 It could be.
Then again, the radio is how he found Ford...
And Ford is interacting with ¨that reality¨, he is aware of her existence by telling Luca that if he searches for her, he would be gone.
@@edwardmurdoch5070 Of course he's aware of her existence, he's Luca's subconscious. And if Luca finds a real person/woman/friend, then Ford would be gone because Luca wouldn't need Ford anymore. Meaning, to my mind, that the woman is real.
Only sound for one set of footsteps except when the other is clearly in view. Very nice!
I like these films. When all is stripped away who are we.
This is a beautifully-done film (in every way). But damn, it's sad and lonely.
Too much loneliness can bring an insanity of schizophrenia . Come together for survival but still keep your own independent space !
Yer... That s why yu need to prepare it long before it s starting...
Wow... powerful but sad. Heartbreaking as well. Very good job.
He realized the voice on the radio was an imagination, as it called out his name... Thus he went with Ford. At least he knew with Ford he could survive.
Ford is not real too, he is a coping mechanism of luca. Notice: when ford scared luca in the beginning, ford said he always knows where luca is. Also when they walked on the traintracks ford was reminding luca of good and bad memories, saying; “you couldnt even slit your own wrist”, wich is clearly luca talking to himself. Also ford claims that luca smells, whilst he himself is pretty odorless. Propably along with some other hints i didnt notice. In the ending, ford suddenly disappears from underneith luca, and pops up behind him, wich is another hint to his non existence. Your right that the voice from the walkey talkey in the end is lucas imagination cuz she knows his name, and it is symbolising hope for finally finding another human being. Ford says “if you answer that i’ll be gone forever”, not because he wants to leave or for no reason, but because luca knows deep down that the voice is imaginary, and if he answers it’ll be gone. Thus the hope for finding someone will be “gone forever”.
@@patrykbielecki1949 Good point(s).
@@patrykbielecki1949 did he not say his name on the radio?
I'm guessing he answered the call. May not be best to listen to the part of oneself that is always the negative part. I was wondering if Ford was real or in his head. Hard to imagine only one person left no matter what happens. Great film. Emotional, believable, from Luca's dirty appearance to his attempt to pound Ford to death. Well written and acted.
I don't think Ford was anything negative. I think Ford was a manifestation of Luca's survival instinct. The very first thing we see Luca do is steal jewelry, where as Ford gives him canned food. Luca want. Ford tells Luca to bathe, encourages them to go to an area with a warmer climate, discouraging suicide, and ultimately to stick with him and not the woman. Stick with your survival instincts. If people have been gone for so long and she somehow survived she can't be as defenseless as she sounds, it could be a trap. If she is defenseless than it's going to be a burden on his survival, which he is already barely doing. There is a hierarchy of basic needs and unfortunately shelter and food come before companionship. His survival could be threatened by her and in those living conditions there would be no way to reproduce.
Excellent points. Very clever, sir.
Great movie, one the best Ive seen here.. Loved the mood, the actors were awesome..
"If you answer that.. Im gone forever".... xD
I'm female so maybe that's why I did not like it! LOL I'd have chosen the voice over the mic long before a hallucination of a man, if I were a man! :-)
@@TerryReedMiss You assume he is straight.
@@TerryReedMiss You assume he is straight.
Great acting, great cinematography, great editing, great sound, nice foreshadowing! All around nicely done! I'd love to work on a project like this!
Yes. It avoids the major failure of this kind of movies : just showing materials... Sad and bad behaviors without any reflexion on the most important which "what's happening in our brain and heart / soul when facing lonelyness and nothing left. I mean facing hard times of lacks of everything... People and material penuries.
In 1972 a french moviemaker made a film in a very nice desertic region I love located south France.
The scenario is different but very interesting becose of the dialogues... And situations it sat between 2 "clans" of suvivors after a nuclear attack. A very realistic film... With trully details of what we could have to face if...
Actors were perfect but the movie maker took them among the best we had in France at this period.
For me it s THE best film I saw about " how will we act if ... In case of a collapse"
Ethic... Bad and good behavios... Shock impact on everyone... Generations conflicts... Usefull Competencies ...
Lack of technologies remedies ...
weapons or peaceful acting... Memories of Old times and new hopes for future... State Power and institutions vanished how to live without rules... Love affairs and reproduction of the human being race... How to reset nature after disaster. Etc etc.
Nice movie "Malville"... Inspiring one.
with JL Trintignant M Serrault J Villeret J Dutronc... As actors.
The end is a "must"...after one year of fights and difficulties then a peaceful and hopeful times with improving ways of life and surviving... State rescue services took them all... Forced them in fact and sent them in a medic and psy reservation camp...except 3 of them who escaped. State authorities declared the whole region forbidden zone for human settlers and reserve it for their "scientific future tests". We see them on a raft... they are escaping on a river. Their white horse following them freely on a hill... A nice symbol of freedom and stubborness... Rebellion against state bullshits.
A very humanistic film.
Awesome !
Recomiendo ver "The Road", con Viggo Mortensen. Por cierto, buen corto! Aunque yo personalmente no sé si podría aguantar solo en esas circunstancias, aun sabiendo que hay alguien más ahí fuera...
The road is an amazing film aswell!
i liked the Road i also though the road was amazing.
these are settlers like in the Road...the settlers versus the raiders was a hugh part of the American Civil War II., the settlers are always trying to set up settler recruitment beacon towers and use the radio waves for settlement recruitment to have more people in there settlements.
DUDE! ! ! ! ! !
ENGLISH, ENGLISH, ENGLISH!!!!!!
If you want to post Spanish replies, then use the Spanish version!!!!!!!!
It's funny that about 90% of the short films are Post Apocalyptic. and some are very good nice job.
их легче всего делать. Заброшеных мест по всей планете много, не нужны декорации, реквизит тоже в доступности, в любом чердаке или подвале куча старых вещей. Измазался грязью из лужи и полностью готов к съемкам.
@Ragnarok Film
Ford said his radio battary had run out. Doe this mean Luca's radio was dead an that he was imagining all the radio noise?
Really well done! Very Bergmanesque. Enjoyed it.
I think it was a great film. you can see by the negative comments some do not have the mental capacity to understand the film.
Daniel Mozisek But most seem to have picked up on it. Pretty insightful crowd on Dust. I mean, even if they didn't pick up on some things, anyone can see that it was so beautifully shot: I found myself taking screen shots for inspiration!
ford is a great actor, luca feels like he's over-emotionalizing his lines
Exceptional job. Very well done. Thank you.
I said to myself: "Self, that was deep."
Спасибо!
Brilliant. A work of art.
Thumbs up 👍 Subbed Thanks for an amazing short movie !!!!!
very cool! i appreciate the effort, truly. 1 thing if i may, don't ever add a 'room' reverb effect to a dialogue if folk are supposed to be outside walking and talking, it ruins the effect and the narrative, i would suggest in a good convolution model if indeed you cannot do on site vocal recording.
As the world fell...each of us in our own way was broken. - "Mad" Max Rockatansky, Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Some things in this world are...are better left where they lie. But if you know where to look, these ruins are full of riches. - 2, 9 (2009)
The ending shocked me!
THE WIND BLOWS WHERE ONLY STUMPS STAND,
THERE ARE NO LEAFS TO RUSTLE, FOR THERE ARE NO TREES,
NO ONE TO HEAR, NO ONE TO SEE, JUST THE WIND AND ME.
Really awesome job on this!
top notch luv your work!!
Inspired.
Fantastic film, really loved it x
Good film... but whats with the bugs?
A cultural trope imagines the female mantis as a femme fatale. About a quarter of male-female encounters result in the male being eaten by the female.
That was very good. Any one venture a guess who Ford represented to Luca?
WIIILSOON
Really great idea and writing.
That's a pretty fresh body he just stole the ring from. SO pretty sure there are others around.
Wait...what??? So this hasn't been a post-apocalyptic wedding-scene🤔🤔🤔💔💔💔😞😞😞
Excellent……..and true.
Love their makeup as well, definitely felt like I could smell the funk through the screen :-(.
where was this filmed? beautiful
Thanks! Mainly in the middle of Norway, the Trøndelag region.
This is not about a post-apocalyptic event -- it is about a man with mental problems that created his own world where no other people live because of a post-apocalyptic event --- accept him and his best friend Ford that is controlling him.
In a small way he wants to get out but when he has a chance -- he decides not to. Even though he doesn't like it -- he actually prefers it over living in the real world with a female that loves him.
Good work.
Why he picked that guy of all people is beyond me.
@None ya Biz
yes, that is what I implied. He has a mental illness -- therefore, nothing in his world is real accept him. That means -- as you see him -- he isn't real. everything that is happening is in his mind. So, he may look totally different in real life.
@@cubanindian Except**** and he doesnt have mental problems, the severity of solitude has made him that way.
@@HRHMANSOUR Look to his flashbacks. What the female was saying to him. What the imagery guy said to him.
@@cubanindian Dont tell me what to do
@@HRHMANSOUR you have way more issues far larger than just logically watching a movie.
Based on a true story
Nice
Im feelihg so alive With a tear and heavy breathing.
cool movie! and im the 1000st like :P
Great short and subject matter✌🏻✌🏻
I want to know what that little praying mantis was doing in such a cold place and I also wanted to know if they always look that human?
A cultural trope imagines the female mantis as a femme fatale. About a quarter of male-female encounters result in the male being eaten by the female.
This was tried once and it was a stab in the back.
Pretty good one...
with hope you have everything without hope you have nothing
Excellent 👍
this was damn good!
The title wasn’t fitting for there was no hope. Very dark and twisted. Loved it!!!!
If ford thinks theres no other survivers then why didnt luca tell him about the fresh body hung at the begining? or is it still fresh because of the cold?
i should have watched till the end first haha
If this corona ordeal gets any worse I am going somewhere up northern wilderness area deep enough in where I can live the remainder of my life in solitude if I want to. "i know how to build a cabin with wood heating and cooking and my hunting and trapping and fishing skills will sustain myself quite comfortably. I always was sort of of hermit for all my life so far so in short I have no need for others socially. I always end up hurt in some way or another by letting people in my life. If I want company I will get a dog or a goldfish . Humans carry too much extra baggage and drama . I have no use for that. Even if they manage to stop this virus I am still going this really woke me up as a signal to get while the getting is good before something worse happens trapping me here in a failing society to begin with. I guess this is my way of saying goodbye and I wish you all good luck . "I'm outta here ! "Peace".
Impressive twist, great acting. But I am fan of happier endings. Real life sucks enough.
Thank you, much appreciated!
i crossed Canada partly by foot and hike. but yet i have never seen things that bad
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I liked it overall
Coming soon. Good lucke.
How long ago was whatever event led to this, because the body in the house wasnt decayed at all.
(pronounced with slavik-y, semi-Luka accent)-> I did find myself wishink/hopink you could springboard from here to a more extended length project. The dialog establishink zee pessimist/optimist "characters" was kinda blatant, especially after the 18 minute mark where it's established they've been together 7 years and/or it's all in my head and so is she. But it's still approximately 2.375 truckloads better than MY movie, cause I ain't never evenk made von!
What? Ford was imaginary and Luca chose to give up a chance for another survivor ? I am a little confused but the film was different and really quite good when I think about it.
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When can we see more.???
I wonder if his imagined friend Ford was trying to prevent him from at some future point killing the girl. Maybe deep down he knew he was not sane enough to properly interact. Probably because he killed the real Ford years earlier. That is why he is odorless.
The part that makes no sense is the dead bodies that looked like they died yesterday if they died 7 years ago. And the pinky finger was moving on the corpse when he was taking the ring off. I guess they were avoiding gore? What is he afraid of? Why does someone need to stand watch? If he liked the ring he probably liked other rings he saw. He would have had a bunch on a necklace.
Another thing that makes no sense is not staying in a city...where there is unlimited canned food.
He wouldn't have found a dog? We heard birds...animals must exist. Even if most dogs turned wild, there are so many that some would have been eager to be pets again. Plenty of canned dog food out there to find. And a dog would be on watch.
I think I would be flying an airplane or taking a yacht to other countries looking for people. Moving on foot? Why? Gasoline goes bad. Diesel is probably still good in the diesel trucks though the batteries would require charging. Not difficult to do though. Solar panels could do that. I think I would be looking for nice diesel camper...or even a train.
A nice farm would be not so bad either. Cows, chickens, turkeys, sheep, fresh vegetables. Requires some work but much better than canned and you will be down to military rations after 20 years and likely starve if you don't learn to grow stuff.
The Girl didn't exist either !
Was this made in the PNW? Its where i grew up and live still. Looks very familiar.
the little finger of the hang man moves gahahahahha
At first I thought luca, was the big show
hope
is
good
Is this a Swedish or Danish short film?
Norwegian, in fact.
Interesting.
That was a good little movie, I wonder if that fight did actually happen and that’s why fords not around except in that guys consciousness,
if can manage to keep my server room up and running in post apocalyptic world, i'll fine.
First rule.....If you find a chubby survivor, wonder why.
make part 2
Guy might have better luck finding someone else if stopped looking in the wilderness.
So real is this concept
Nicely done! Which do we choose, our comfortable self-delusion or the "hope" of something unseen?
You get the gist! Bravo!
@@inspectorgary1000 the bro only exists in his mind and some women can be better friends than some "bros"...
@@inspectorgary1000
How can something real come from something not real.....?
Unless I'm missing what you're saying!
Let me see, a chick for company or crusty old ford?...chick wins!
Problem: how could she know his name, if he never told it?
@@NorseGraphic He did
There was no chick. It was his own battle within.
Praying Mantis is telling
It's all his imagination