A HANDFUL OF DUST | Omeleto
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2019
- A doctor plans to euthanize a terminally-ill patient.
A HANDFUL OF DUST is used with permission from Grayson Whitehurst. Learn more at graysonwhitehurst.com.
Dr. Goodman helps terminally-ill patients pass on without pain, with the help of a special one-of-a-kind device. But one day he is summoned by Lilith, a mother whose daughter is ill. He enters the strange house and meets daughter Alice, who is confined to bed.
But the doctor soon discovers that he has been sent to play a part of a larger, more elaborate cult ritual to bring rain to a drought-ridden commune -- and finds himself tested morally and in other ways as never before.
Writer-director Grayson Whitehurst's short conceivable falls into a recent wave of highly stylized, atmospheric horror films about the occult. Shades of films like THE WICKER MAN and even THE WITCH clearly share some creative DNA with the storytelling, but Whitehurst's film is distinguished not just by its sweeping and elegant visual style and its excellent performances, but by its philosophical engagement on the ethics of mercy killings, and the myth of control and understanding over something as inexorable as death.
The narrative doesn't rely on shock or surprise to generate its interest, as it begins with a striking opening sequence of the cult itself, complete with unsettling, restless black-and-white images and an eerie and effective score.
Instead, as the well-meaning doctor enters the milieu, the puzzle becomes about how the doctor learns about the larger context of his work and how it transforms his own understanding of his mercy killing.
Actor Atticus Cain as Dr. Goodman essays the role as a man who believes that his work is meaningful and services a valuable need. But as his fiery, righteous foil, actress Eileen Weisinger turns the table against him in a powerful performance, playing upon his sense of conviction and his own need to feel comfortable with what he is doing.
When the doctor discovers how easily he is manipulated by forces beyond control, he realizes the line between being a murderer and an "angel of death" is blurred -- and he's completely unable to prevent the tragedy that happens.
Riveting and beautifully crafted, A HANDFUL OF DUST is spookily engaging from beginning to end, but what makes it memorable is its remote undertow of melancholy. As the film moves towards its conclusion, it becomes increasingly dark and shadowy, with faces and figures held at a distance in the shadows.
The final end feeling isn't shock at what we've seen, or even relief that we've escaped peril. Instead, there is a pensive, almost numbing sadness and helplessness at how death is always senseless to those left behind, no matter how we try to control it. - Фільми й анімація
Who else is totally addicted to these outstanding short stories?
mpireone
I , most definitely am!
Amongst others. There's some are that mind -bendingly good. It's beyond me that some of these shorts
I've seen in the last few years haven't been turned into movies and or shows.
I find these "shorts" to be mesmerizing and well-written. Each character is perfect for the role he or she plays.
Meeeeeee!
I am.
*Me of course.*
"ma'am, I don't accept payment in the form of goat."
How bout head?
Doreen Wanjiku 💀💀💀 I couldn't help it
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I take goat, but only with two forms of ID. Been burned too many times.
Someone in his line of work would definitely have run his own tests to confirm the patients illness before euthanizing them.
Hes an abortion doctor, they kill healthy fetuses along w unhealthy ones..this is a story to make u think..
@@purdygirlxo 😯 where did you get that he was an abortion doctor..he somehow uses potassium chloride JUST to kill a fetus and not the woman with that device? Anyways, I wonder why they didn't just kill her themselves, why go through the trouble of bringing in a euthanizer when they could just do it themselves for a sacrifice
@@amorrissey9264 its symbolism..hes not really...the whole movie was a moral dilemma full of symbolism for the abortion debate...I commented on this thread explaining how each thing fits..
@@amorrissey9264 what dont u get about symbolism...hes NOT an abortionist in the movie. Literally..have u watched Omeleto much? This is not a literal story..
@@purdygirlxo why did you comment to me twice...like I was putting up a fight against your first response? Ok...I get it. Symmmbollisssmmm. You win, girl. You win
strong short. loved the mother’s acting, scathing and wicked. also didn’t feel cheap. didn’t rely on jump scares...just a tight plot, strong performances, and wild visuals. this one will stick with me, need more horror like this. nice pick omeleto!
>completely ignores the soundtrack
Kano the soundtrack was excellent too. sorry i didn’t mention it lol i thought i got the point across with everything else. but now that you mention it, the soundtrack is definitely one of the strongest parts of the short.
This was about the abortion debate...what is the doctors role, the mothers, the community, and ultimately the baby who wants to live but has no choice..
purdy girl Sure, that’s one way of analyzing it if you’d like to go metaphorical. Except that Death With Dignity is a huge thing as well, and the person in this story was a young adult, not a clump of cells. And before DWD or abortions were (reasonably) safe, medically supervised practices, doctors have been euthanizing terminally ill patients that can’t do anything except feel pain.
@@grayskindablue she is on a few of the comments trying to fist that one particular interpretation into every commenter's brain.
When I saw her walking in the field to the sacrificed goat, where she stood in it's place, I knew there was going to be twist in the story. She was supposed to be in agonizing pain at the slightest movement she made, yet she was walking.
I thought they were going to hang her in place of the goat. I was thinking since the goat sacrifice didn't work, they were about to try a human sacrifice.
Mother's name is a biblical one, rarely spoken about because "Lilith" was Adam's first wife..Lilith wouldn't submit to Adam, couldn't or would not give him children. She hated children. When she was cast out of Eden, her mission was to kill every child she set her mind to. Lilith~The killer of children. In this story, the daughter was not sick or dying. Lilith's motive was to sacrifice her child for drought relief. Lilith, true to her name, lied to Dr. *Goodman* to facilitate her daughters death..thus receiving a downpour..I interpret the 'rainfall' as God's tears. Lilith' for all intents and purposes--had defeated God, yet again.
@@kimberleymiller2017 that's not biblical lol
Same thoughts... I thought the same.....
This about abortion
This is why you should invest in a good irrigation system.
ha ha ha.. u crazy... I laughed out loud.... I was so sad and serious before ..... :P :P :D
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😁🤣😂😂😃😀😀
You killed it, man! 😅 -----Oops
Had he not noticed her eyebrows because that’s the first thing I noticed and I’m not even in the buisness of ending terminally ill people’s lives and within seconds I knew she wasn’t terminal....think he needs to find a new career path.
He was in on it but was late on his goat debts
it was a movie
@@lyricberlin Continuity is crucial, however, if you're trying to suspend disbelief.
So... a mother sacrificed her own daughter so she can grow lilacs.
Amhar Saputra duh
What else??
It symbolizes the reasons women have abortions..
@@purdygirlxo How so?
@@privatemale27 my take is this, the guy who made the machine is an abortionist, the young girl the sick fetus, the mom who is willing to kill her ferus who isnt sick for rain that she will get lilacs from ..so stay w me, the mom is a pregnant woman wanting to terminate her pregnancy, the doctor uses the killing of a sick fetus as his reasoning for performing abortions, when the girl says I dont want to die, that's symbolism(all of this is) for a voice for the fetus, because who knows how a fetus feels when aborted, what if they could talk? He ignores her cries and continues w the procedure, he leaves the room so he doesnt have to watch, after an abortion the doctor leaves and the nurse cleans up, so out of sight out of mind..she hands him the drawing and at bottom it says dispose of immediately..I just put that together w a fetus being disposed of..well when he realizes the girl isnt 'sick' that shouldn't have made a difference, he was going to kill her , who is he to say when it's right to take a life, sick or not...listen to the moms speech again, w her describing an abortion doctor..he doesnt try very hard to break door down...then as he looks as the girl and cleans up he has to face what he has done..the payment was a goats head, which is some religious symbol..the cult members were abortion supporters that say abortion is ok for any reason..symbolism from rain to lilacs...a drought is a big thing to need, but we find out the mom just wants lilacs..which is so trivial..anyway, he is applauded in the end , but he knows what he did, but because of the rain, it made it all better....the goat head could also symbolize the fetus that looking at him.if u notice the goat head had eyeballs......my sis just had a miscarriage at 7weeks and said there were little eyeballs in it...
@@purdygirlxo that makes alot of sense!good interpretation
Nothing like an omeleto and coffee for breakfast
Ha, that's exactly what I'm having (;
A coven omelette made with eggs of a raven.
@patrick tilley… Sounds yummy.....
Mee too!!😁
That’s literally what i did today :o where you the goat????
Damn that goat was a good actor
The goat was a paid actor
@@bryanmartinez6600 😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Arthur ikr
Too bad he wasn’t acting
This could easily be a new season of American Horror Story. Very well done!
American horror story: cult
As a southerner I can confirm this is how our families act
Wayul goshdernit
You’re saying the entire south is made up of dried out communes that’s only get rain when you kill a family member?
Sethra Lavode yes
@@sethralavode7948 They wildin down there
😂
People in Alabama don't believe in global warming, but they know how to make it rain.
The rain should have stopped soon after it started. Then they all look at each other and someone says "Okay. Who's next?"
Pls don't 4 part 2
I like to imagine all of these stories take place in the same world... The Corporate Monsters(A dangerous unstable man), the Government Monsters(A young girl lives in a bunker), A British Soldier is trapped with a German enemy, etc. So many theories could spawn from these short movies... Extraterrestrials posing as Gods... Dark Gods existing whilst Aliens slowly incorporate themselves into human society until it's too late... I really hope one day they make a full-fledged film/TV-Series about it all. :)
What's the story about the dark gods and the aliens? Please 🙏😁
The name of the short
What if these cult members are running away from an alien attack OR YOU Is a overly fanatical resistance movement against an evil Government but the cult is evil to.
The scariest part was when the guy exited the house and those people with black robs started clapping, something about that, is just creepy........
An abortion doctor...and there are people who think they are doing good and praise them..but, in the end they are killing healthy fetuses to make life 'easier' more 'prosperous' for the mothers..
@@purdygirlxo You sound like a broken record miss. 3 times I open the answers, 3 times I see a comment with your name talking about abortion.
Maybe you're right, maybe it's just a debate over life and death and how causing a death may be perceive has good or bad depending on the context, or maybe it's just a debate about euthanasia.
I think we get that you are not in favour of abortion, no need to tell it on every comment here. The thing with abortion is that a foetus is not a human being yet. Are you in favor of child suffering ? If one person will become a mom and she feels like she can't do it, she won't be a good mom, she will harm her baby or the baby will have a miserable life, of course she should abort, it's not about the foetus being healthy or not, it's not about making the mom's life easier or more prosperous.
Context is the key
A fetus is a human being though.
@@purdygirlxo I think the most pressing problem is the lack of attention to the living. Anti-abortionists scream and holler about the unborn but are strangely silent when it comes to the needs of children once they are in the land of the living. Let's talk about the inequities in educational funding, let's have a discussion about SNAP benefits to poor families, why don't we dig up the stats on Medicaid which provides healthcare to millions of children and what the ramifications of cutting those benefits would mean, and then there's of course the children separated from their families at the border and still warehoused in foster care or cages....I could go on and on. Next time you post please make sure to comment on one of these issues.
@@YT4Me57 i was commenting on what this movie was really about...if u look at it as a doctor who is killing innocent healthy babies because the mother thinks the death of her child will make her life better..the doctor thinks hes doing a good thing because the fetus doesn't feel anything or know..but, like in this movie, the girl doesn't want to die...he knows shes healthy, but kills her anyway w his expertise.. that was my point, not an antiabortion conversation ..
And it rains. 😕😕😕
I wish it hadn't
Raining blood would have been better. Would serve them right. OTOH that might be beneficial by fertilizing the crops.
@@DNTMEE oh so some Slayer music
Dude I'm scared I'm hiding in the comments
Lmao i don't blame you!
Me too . With a mother like THIS , God help us all .
I'm hiding in a goat
i feel you.....to anyone else that just wants to talk to a real person.......we're right here
@@slimemold4767 : Loved your comment ! I'm hiding out in the comments , too ! This is too scarey to come out ! ;))))
If he wanted to he could have been bust that door open
The moment she said “I don’t want to die” it should have stopped there. Many plot holes here like why wouldn’t he talk to her doctors first or talk to her first to make sure it’s what she wants?
Its a metophor about abortion..
@@purdygirlxo I don't get it. How so?
@@liorasitelman1856 go back in the comments, I explained it, its complicated..
Right, this feels like an anti-euthanasia video. But actual assisted suicide isn't like this. There are rigorous medical tests, the patient can refuse at any time and change their mind, and the whole process is recorded on video so that any coercion can be prevented.
@@purdygirlxo I'm just not buying that explanation
Tell you what, I find a goat head in my bag I am out of there so fast I'd be a blur.
Did any of them try doing a rain dance?
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I haven't watched anything this disturbing in a long time.
Hannibal like music
How was it disturbing?
@@ClearOutSamskaras It is disturbing that a mother sacrifices her own healthy daughter and tries to justify it with her wicked beliefs
+@@androsforever500 I see.
What about you Donelle Glatt?
Me neither unless it was my life 9 mothths ago when I fled my murderous family ... Truth .
When the Dr. said, "you control life with this button", my hope was the machine had a built-in safety. I wanted the victim to come out alive and the good Dr. a hero!
Definitely, the Wicker Man.
Soma Viceroy me too!
It's about abortion..
@@purdygirlxo just like silent hill 4 is about circumsicion
@@atom8248 you're so funny..have u considered standup? As for, your intelligence, you've got a way to go, and Omelettos might be a little much for your under developed intelligence....
@@purdygirlxo Well, I'm happy to hear your 250 IQ theory if you're willing to share it then.
As a Dr, I think I would have known something wasn't right when I saw her thick eyebrows.
This is about abortion.
@@purdygirlxo lmao what?
In that split second, the doctor could have rescued the girl by barging on the door... he was clearly not afraid for his own life or the girl's life, but was rather more interested in removing the medical instruments from the scene... he did not even try to resuscitate the girl
You can’t really revive someone whose heart has been stopped due to to that chemical
He would need chemicals to reverse the effects of the Potassium Iodide for a start. Just doing resuscitation wouldn’t have helped
@@allisonjames2923 Potassium chloride. Vets use it too. Stops the heart.
The whole time I was like *Break the doooooor idiot BREAK THE DOOOR*
Its about abortion
I'm I only one that expected Kathy Bates to be the mother based on the voice narrating the letter?
Nice job. Sort of a Wicker Man meets The Lottery.
Some of these short films are so much better quality and content than most main stream crap.
Nah! It wasn't Alice. It was the miraculous goat.
I’m watching this In the dark couple seconds in I turned on my
Lights
GlizzyBuilds - I just watched this in total darkness, just the tv on and it was quite disturbing
So beautifully filmed and superb acting. I can see this as a full length film, so many options to smoothly expand the story. Good one!!
He didn't mention about his 'payment' lol . He didn't get paid is money. Nice short though, no jumpscares or anything so that was cool.
well that was grim
No Real goat (with seemingly real balls) were hurt in the Filming of this Short Film LOL
You know the name Lilith is supposed to be the first wife of Adam, until she rebelled/sinned, & then she was turned into a demon or devil something like that.....(The Legend of the Jews).
Bravo! They were all very good actors but the woman who played the mother was incredible!
The mother reminds me of Alpha on the walking dead. Cruel and crazy! Fantastic acting by all! And beautifully shot.
Wow, that was twisted
When he found the hair and scissors, I had the most serious, "OH - " moment maybe ever!
And.... The Drought was gone..
Abortion performed, relief for mother and her family...that's the message...
BRUH WHOEVER THE GIRL IS WE NEED TO GET HER AN OSCAR
Ah, one of the best short horror films I've seen yet, and I've seen tons of them.
It’s so dark I can’t even see anything
This is sick.
First, I'm late to this. Second, I just do not don't buy the abortion angle. If anything, it's about euthanasia. What it does have is a very strong "Wicker Man" vibe. There is a line in the '73 film in which the mother of the supposedly missing girl tells Officer Howie, "You'll simply never understand the true nature of sacrifice." And while her daughter was in no actual danger, I do believe her remark was genuine. I believe the people of the island absolutely would sacrifice anything for the "greater good"--in their case, the crops, in this film's case, rain. And not just for lilacs, though it's stated the mother likes them. It's also stated that they live on a commune and it's very likely they grow their food.
Side note: Anyone else remember reading "Young Goodman Brown" as an example of an allegory while in early high school? Probably not an obvious coincidence the doctor was named Goodman, considered himself to indeed be a good man, and then found his notion challenged.
Outstanding! I don’t know how to feel right now but it was so well done.
Wow this is incredible. Dark and brooding. Brutal and brilliant, bravo!
First the lady viciously lies , then the payment is a dead goat head? No, That door would’ve been Busted down right after she said “ I don’t wanna die” . Good story though 👏🏼
“Ma’am, this is a McDonald’s drive thru”
Filming in black and white added to the story. Another good one!
I don’t usaully watch omeleto but when i do it means that it’s good.
Omeleto im loving your work keep it up i have watched so many of your mini movies today
Binge-watching for several hours already, a lot of films, not a single one of them was bad, and many of them really good.
Hollywood needs to learn from this.
Underrated video based on views. I'm back here after I think about two years.
Spoiler: the mother of a young woman values the lilacs she grows on communal land -- possibly needed for her witchcraft potions -- more than the life of her daughter.
The daughter, totally under the spell of her mother, willingly and gladly sacrifices herself to ensure the lilacs and other things grown at the commune may have the rain they need to prosper.
While afraid, the daughter is nevertheless brave, and fulfills her mother wishes.
The rain comes to the land as the daughter leaves the world.
The doctor who is tricked into facilitating the daughter's suicide only realizes his role when it is too late for him to stop it and he is left to grapple with what he has become.
The sacrificial lamb!! Applaud to the actress who played MISS Angler.
8:51 What is in the bag? A goat's head? It was too dark for me to see it.
It's the fetus of the baby(girl) he just aborted..its the same value as a goats head and it has eyeballs..
Lucky dude got a goat ,
who needs that pesky cash.
It's a horrifying cautionary tale, but for this drought-stricken commune, it's "All's well, that ends well."
Her calmness reminded me of Mr. Abel from "Bridge of Spies". The cautious yet intense structuring of words by the victim was something to note. She first subtly hinted that beautiful flowers like lilacs won't grow on dead man's corpses( growing of lilacs symbolizes birth and not death) , even then the doctor couldn't comprehend her metaphor, she became a bit more restless and said - " I can do anything for her " (hint : Death). Lastly her voice stuttered and the climax - "I am scared, I don't want to die." These strata that built up to reach the climax sequentially was well crafted.
This should be a full-length movie.
Should I blame the Dr? No; it's sad that people we trust and love most are the ones can destroy us most. It can be your parents, siblings, husband or wife, children. And there's nothing to prevent if it's not God's power or protection.
Her accent was a little over the top (I feel I can quantify that as a born & bred Southerner). But the visuals were beautiful in this film...lighting, directing, unusual angles...It all added up to a well-done, superb little film.
I hate when they overdo the southern accent..it was too over the top..they shouldve made the mom less cartoonish..
I can't tell if this is meant to be anti-euthenization or just a suspense story
Neither, it is more about superstition. The creepy thing here is, it actually seemed to work. :s
It's a metaphor about abortion..
Anti euthanasia - the corruption people can bring to a process meant to help. Plus psycho religious cults
@@purdygirlxo I must have missed that metaphor. i thought it was about dangerous, religious zealotry. And cult behavior.
@@davidowens5898 look deeper...
Heavy concepts- elegantly conveyed!
Well done. I enjoyed the film as well as the performances of all the lead actors, in particular, Atticus Cain as the doctor.
You know, in these types of stories, it's always "old people" sacrificing "young people".
This one made me fight the air!
Checks weather channel later on.
Discovers rain was about to fall that same day lol. Nice one guys.
The best part was the animation under the end credits.
bruh this is so sad
I haven’t even watched it and I already liked it
I never get it lol
Where can i find the music in the background during the doctir and daughter first scene
I think this is more about the doctor's dodgy morality. Even when he has misgivings, it's not "oh my god, an innocent girl is being pressured to kill herself"....no, it's "oh my god, this makes ME a murderer, not a saviour". ME, ME, ME, ME. Note how he runs out of the house instead of going to stop it happening. Then at the end, he gets the adulation that he wanted.
Also, there is the suggestion that the ritual worked so...does that make it acceptable?
This
Thought provoking > To think this kind of thing really happens > their senseless hearts became darkened
This is about abortion..look at the girl as the fetus..the cult is the father of the fetus..the doctor is abortionist..
All those windows to that room, and it’s still dark...
That are excellent stories and actors.
Doctor had no hair. Now he has it. Perfect barter system.
And that my friends is why we have Doppler radars.
I've ran into your comments a few times
SHES A LEFTY YALL
Mother's character was way too over the top. Daughter was great.
This gives me serious Wicker Man (not *that* one)/Midsommar vibes. Love it
That was truly evil and twisted.
That big bottle, the one he said contained KCl is full at times half at times..
It’s so sad that a mother could do this to her child cult or no cult you have to have some kind of feeling of love
Well filmed. Well acted. My problem is that this locale showed no indication that it hadn't rained in quite a while. In fact, it may have rained yesterday.
3:25
Hey there slugger
Oh my gosh... and it rained at the end😮
As if to say.... 🤔💭 It actually worked?
Not just a coincidence.
Sublime 👏🏼
Watch it again...and think of it as an abortion the mom is getting..this is a metaphor for doctors killing healthy fetuses and the baby having no say
All that went through my mind the last years, I find in various shorts.. Seems to be right, that we are connected and they read ur mind x'D
actors are sooo good...
Loved this!
Anyone else think that these short films are far better than the dreck that Hollywood has been pumping out?
Seems like a lot of trouble just to avoid proper irrigation.
LOL
When you reeeally don’t want to pay for water
he put the iv in with one hand while not even looking.... seems legit
👏👏👏Well done ❣️👏👏("... but I don't want to die ~" 😔)
Well, I do love me some lilacs and I get REALLY bummed when I can't get them to grow...
Was that doctor Conrad Murray?
Outstanding 👏🏽