Mona Lisa

Profound and Complex. This film is tender and absolutely heartfelt. Every moment is layered with poetry, from the imagery of the diabetic mother, sugar in the veins, the bleating lamb, the sensual gaze to memory, loss, new life, her son.

I'm not sure where the filmmaker stands in this personally -- but it feels very truthful. Is the son talking to a man....is he looking for his father figure in a lover? His frustration with his mother seems so genuine and soft, reminding him of his own ticking clock, mortality, his own desperate fear to reach love before it passes him by as well.

Bravo. This short film deserves much acclaim. I cried and was moved to think...a rare feat for a little film to achieve.