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Our maried couple, well we’re talking about two people so much alike that it’s hard to know how they actually get along. We say that opposite attract each other but here it is the complete opposite. They understand each other for they went through the same difficult times and enjoy every piece of their unexpectedly sweet life.

They both grew in an orphanage, different ones though, thousands miles appart from one another. None of them know the feeling of a mum and dad, none of them know what a family is. Yet they both avoided the great holes of criminality that called them every so often. They both built each other out of nothing and they both kept moving forward with a strength none of them can explain. They like to tell the story of the day they met: he was looking for a flower of which he heard from travellers passing by the hostel he used to work in, she had walk aimlessly for several days, and on top of a hill, at sunset, he found his most precious flower, and it was her. Sure it is not how it happened, but truth is not always as beautiful as one wishes it to be and this story is the one they both agreed they’d remember and it is just as well.

Whatever they’ve done, they never looked back, they didn’t create friendships as all they needed was each other. Except maybe for the couple who shares their wedding day. They are the only people who sticked around no matter what.

Now they are opening themselves to a world that gave them such a hard time and finally they smile and laugh as they look at where they come from and see what the became. They understand the value of their life and they celebrate it everyday.

They will teach Sophia that no matter what happens, the people that should stay around you are the people who really care. The others don’t really matter.

It seems that all the characters in this short movie are happy except for Sophia. Well yea, they have to. She is feeling pretty down and in a short movie, I can’t confront her to someone even worst than her. I don’t really believe in the revelation that there’s always someone in a worst position than you are so you should be happy. I just don’t buy it and even less in a short movie, there is not enough time for both the lead character and the audience to sympathize for a depressed character and then reflect on themselves to compare how less happy this character is and therefore they shouldn’t feel so bad about themselves. Wow, that was one long sentence. I’ll stick to short ones to finish this post. Just to let everyone catch their breathe. Uh, anyway. That’s it for now. Next and last one will be: The Fisherman.