Young Pipaluk (Mila Heilmann Kreutzmann) wakes up one morning to find her sister missing and goes on a frantic search to find her. As she does so, flashback memories of Ivalu (Nivi Larsen) reveal moments in her life that both sisters shared. A story Pipaluk liked Ivalu to tell had to do with the 'Mother of the Sea' who lived in the ocean depths. Ivalu stated how she would like to visit this mother and cut her tangled hair. Soon, a more disturbing memory intrudes on Pipaluk, one in which she recalls their father (Angunnguaq Larsen) entering their bedroom at night and shutting the younger sister out while he had his way with Ivalu, the sounds of her older sister's anguish audible through the door. Eventually, Pipaluk's search brings her across a vast meadow to the edge of a fjord where she suddenly realizes that Ivalu made good on her desire to join with the 'Mother of the Sea'.
This Danish film is a contender for a 2023 Oscar in the category of Best Live Action Short Films. It's a poignant story that hits hard with a somber tone of finality and sadness. I was lucky enough to catch this short along with the four other contenders for this year's Academy Award at the Paramount Theater in Middletown, New York. If not for this limited showing, I don't know how else I would have been able to see it. So, Congratulations to the Paramount for making it available to enthusiastic cinema fans like me.
This Danish film is a contender for a 2023 Oscar in the category of Best Live Action Short Films. It's a poignant story that hits hard with a somber tone of finality and sadness. I was lucky enough to catch this short along with the four other contenders for this year's Academy Award at the Paramount Theater in Middletown, New York. If not for this limited showing, I don't know how else I would have been able to see it. So, Congratulations to the Paramount for making it available to enthusiastic cinema fans like me.