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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- A man takes his daughter out for her birthday.
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A father is taking his daughter Maddie out for her birthday, enjoying dinner at a local restaurant. They're enjoying their time together and playing a sweet game of "rose, thorn, bud" when their celebration is interrupted by a woman taking their photo of the pair on their phone.
But that's not the only way their dinner is disrupted. As much as her father wants to ignore the interruptions, they keep escalating, hinting at a larger controversy embroiling him. And as try as he might, the father can't shield his young daughter from what's he done, or the fallout that's emerged from it.
Directed by SILICON VALLEY and THE OFFICE star Zach Woods from a script co-written with Brandon Gardner, this thoughtful short dramedy is a portrait of a family at a moment of a hidden crisis coming out into the open. Weaving together familial sweetness with almost satirical absurdity, it balances dark comedy with moments of quiet devastation, achieving an improbable grace and resonance.
Visually and emotionally, there's a fundamental warmth in the portrayal of the father-daughter relationship, shot with seemingly cozy intimacy and economy. But there's also a dark somberness in the cinematography that hints at a darker, more grown-up narrative current, one that seeps into what should be a carefree, happy moment in a young girl's life.
Actor Michael Pena (from NARCOS: MEXICO and the ANT-MAN movies) plays the father with genuine love and affection, but young performer Everly Carganilla (recently from Netflix's YES DAY) is the heart of the film, playing Maddie with innate intelligence and a winning openness. The storytelling limits the narrative to her point-of-view, and she slowly discovers her father possesses more dimensions than she's aware of at the same time as the audience does. The dialogue carefully lays its trail of information, escalating knowledge and intensity as the stakes for the parent-child pair increase and Maddie begins to realize the enormity of the situation around her.
The climax of BUD explodes into a confusing, heated swirl of chaos and emotional violence, and the sensitive, perceptive camerawork and editing devolve into a flurry of fractured tension. Father and daughter find themselves in a torrent of outrage, captured right down to the keen, eager onlookers capturing it all on their phones and a seemingly well-meaning grown-up whose intervention only adds to the young girl's confusion and fear. Within the visual and emotional turmoil, the scene remains anchored in the perspectives of the young children caught in the middle of it all. As the adults around them scream and shout in both defensiveness and self-righteousness, they've lost all awareness of the kids watching them -- the very children who are learning from their words and actions.
The final scene of BUD is, by contrast, quiet and focused. But it's not at all peaceful, with a little girl who can't quite make sense of it all, but who knows that something is troubling enough to roil her emotions and her sense of safety and security. She -- and the audience -- never quite learns what her father has specifically done. But we know some fundamental innocence is lost, made all the more heartbreaking for the quiet subtlety of its passing amid the tumult.
So here's my approach:
I don't think it matters what the father did or did not do. It's not about him nor that. They may be right by disliking or judging him, they may be wrong. But it doesn't give them the right to harass him, especially while he is with his daughter on her birthday. It shows how ignorant people can be. Thinking they have the right to harass them, take videos, come up to their table and finally verbally attack them. And it's not just him that they do it to, it's also his 7 year old daughter who is with him. All that while thinking they're in the absolute right. That shows us how ignorant and self-righteous people can be.
Coming to the father-daughter relationship, a woman accuses him of being a terrible father, that he doesn't deserve to raise a child. But listening to their father-daughter conversation earlier, it becomes pretty clear that they love each other. Mentioning that the daughter likes pranking her father, shows that she's comfortable around him. If the woman knew this, would she still have said that?
Coming to the big-guitar-guy, i think the father said he is dead only because he thaught that he either wouldn't have showed up and she would be dissapointed or he would have showed up and the attention would be drown to them, potentielly ending up like it eventually ended up anyway.
The people at the restaurant represent the self-righteous and ignorant behaviour of people. They put all their attention on the dad not thinking that their behaviour affects everyone around them. You can see that in the brief moment when the two children look at each other, not knowing what's going on.
In opposite to that is the big guitar guy. I think him coming at the end is like saying to the girl and also to us, that there are also mindful people out there. We don't know what he thinks about the man as it is complety irrelevant to the message. He could be judging him as well, it doesnt matter, its his behaviour that matters. He is seeing the girl and putting his attention to her, notice how he doesnt even once look at the dad?
What i really like about this approach is, that at the end when the girl says to the guitar guy "My dad said you were dead" he answers with "Not yet" showing to not just both of them, but also to us, that people like him also exist, giving us the message and opportunity to reflect on our own behaviour.
@@EvilCherry3 oh i haven't actually read the description, didn't even think there was one. Thanks :)
Edit: Actually i'm glad i didn't read the description first, otherwise i wouldn't have seen it like i did. But that is kind of the beauty of a short storie isn't it? There is so much that you could take away from it, even things the writers didn't intend on telling, so that in the end there is only one short movie, but so many stories to it.
Beautiful and thanks for sharing 😊
@@EvilCherry3 so rude and unnecessary. Oh the irony
Brilliantly put, thank you
I was going to comment, but I think, after reading yours, that I could not be as eloquent yet straightforward as you. Bravo.
Give an Oscar to that girl, already!
Oh, I think it's a forgone conclusion that she'll be a four way threat. Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. Mark my words. She's already racked up an impressive body of work and worked with some incredible actors. All of her co-stars constantly rave about her and her amazing work ethic. You can see her in Yes Day and The Chair among other things.
ikr, amazing actress
Yes, she was amazing!
The little girl's acting during the song was powerful enough to render me to tears. Amazing what can be achieved with ten minutes.
I wrote this with Zach. Thank you all for taking the time to watch it. All of your theories are very interesting!
Please tell us , what is your message ?
Also a very good job ❤️ loved it
@@palakbahekar3103 I don’t think we were trying to put forth a message. We were interested in exploring this type of situation from the perspective of a child. The viewer doesn’t know what her father did to upset people because Maddie doesn’t know.
@@improvforfilmtv231 Understood , it did flashed some childhood memories . I can see how a child remembers things , I was that child once ..
Keep making such good content , looking forward for more of them❤️
@Jamie Carganilla thank you Jamie!
@Jamie Carganilla Everly’s performance is of course the whole reason it works!
Where do kids learn how to act so damn well?
She deserves an Omeleto Oscar for sure!! 😇
There is more drama and emotion in that single tear than there is in 100 blockbuster sequels or remakes that we get shoved in our faces every year.
so much maturity in this little actress..! I can't even tell if if she was following script because of the raw emotional reactions, little expressions and mannerisms, that she delivered:)
This really touched me, I don’t know what all those horrible people were upset about, but they had no right to do that in front of a child, and all I can think is that she lost her hat. She really made me cry. Great little actress
the father refused to get a covid vaccine, that's why they were mad at him
I agreed, id like to see her in more roles. I like how she tried to protect her father from any embarrassment or guilt he felt and play along, you can really see her intelligence
Ambiguous. Subtle. Unsettling and heart-warming. Absolutely beautiful.
I'm just here for Mitchy. Big man killed it. I feel like he is really that sweet IRL. Love ya, Spoonman!
Wow
Very emotional to me. Love the smart girl and the big guitar man in the end saying 'not dead yet' symbolising the human kindness and empathy 'not dead yet'. Thank God.
His latest, “Bud,” stars Peña as a father who takes his daughter out to dinner for her 7th birthday and is quickly ambushed by angry diners offended by something he did off-camera.
“When I see public shaming, automatically my mind starts to do sort of moral algebra,” Woods told the Daily News. “‘OK, what did they do? Does that warrant this? Is this not a sufficient reaction? Should there be less?’ I get sucked into the equation of what someone deserves or doesn’t deserve.”
“Part of why I wanted to tell this story is I thought it would be interesting to see one of those experiences from the perspective of someone who doesn’t even have the information to engage with the ideological ramifications, who can’t make a moral judgment, who’s just having an experience of seeing a loved one caught in the jaws of public outrage,” he said.
Thanks for sharing this here.
All people have to do is pick the child of a public figure, imagine Chelsea clinton at 10 years old or Michael Jackson's kids growing up. The point of view was evident by the camera angle, mainly at the little girls level. Ironically, most of the comments were about confusion, fear and some anger, which is what the creators where trying to evoke as what we were to empathize with children in these situations.
What a brilliant film. Looking at cancel culture through the eyes of the children is such a humane way to approach these difficulties. Wow. Seriously wow.
Just watched David and came over here. The level of depth of each of them is incredible. Gives us a lot to think about in our own short films. Excited to see what else comes from your team.
That girl's acting is so mature. Well done!
The message of the movie is cryptic but equally clear too.
I watched this video twice just to make sure I could absorb the details, and read the comments to see what people gained from this.
I think a narrative like this is thought provoking precisely because in trying to discern what is happening we project our own sensibilities onto it, thereby giving it a meaning far beyond what was originally intended.
Now, what I think the movie is about
- The father and daughter are having a dinner, by themselves, after an ordeal. Since they both mentioned the mother I think the ordeal had something to do with her. Perhaps the father was responsible for her demise somehow - but got acquitted, or got his daughter in custody by doing something unforgivable because of which mother is now not here (the last month being chaotic, finally getting to have a quiet dinner with his daughter, indicate something major happened, he couldn't be with his daughter, and mom isn't here but her absence seems recent and related)
- the community is still riled up from the verdict, his presence makes them feel angry, especially a mother with a small child
- the lady at the fountain is the only one the little girl tells about her birthday (the father says the guitar guy is dead because he didn't want to draw more attention to themselves with a birthday song, the staff at the establishment themselves are feeling awkward)
- after the commotion, the father and daughter flee, I think the lady at the fountain tells guitar guy that its the girls birthday
- when she says my father said you were dead, and he replies not yet, I saw it as a metaphor of people'ss compassion and empathy being dead, to which he fittingly replies, not yet.
I rest my case. Let m know if this makes sense ?
@divisha srivastava - Thanks! That was helpful.
Bravo, well explained! Not yet... what a wonderful and hopeful ending.
divisha servants, I came to the same conclusion. 👍
Thanks!
Perfectly summarized!! I'm in awe that you got this many details and connected the dots perfectly. I don't know what the director's/ writer's approach was but your perspective seems to fit neatly . Bravo 👏✌️
The little girl's a really good actress. Also cool to see Michael Peña.
Very!
~what i got was the act of kindness/humanity in the midst of chaos still exists. the guy with the guitar was able to turn a blind eye to whatever the dad did and still be kind, be human, in front of the daughter, the child. when she says, “i thought you were dead” refers to humanity, the act of kindness when society thinks someone like the dad doesn’t deserve it. he responds, “not yet” offering the little girl and the audience hope.
And the woman at the fountain. How you act/react in this world is a CHOICE.
That little girl is a powerhouse. Woah.
Thank you for your comment. Proud dad over here. :)
It does not matter at all for the story why everybody is mad at the dad. Fact is they are. They are so mad that they are blinded for the situation and behave very badly in a context that has nothing to do with the reason why they are mad. Everybody has the right to enjoy a good time with their children. If you have an issue with somebody don't take it up in front of their children.
you can't use your children as a shield. Or knowingly endanger them.
@@Gungriver Yeah but clearly he isn’t using her as a shield, he’s just trying to spend time with her on her birthday. Whatever he did doesn’t warrant the right for anyone to harass and assault him, especially in front of his kid.
And yet so many people these days brazenly harass people. Interrupt their meals, attack them while they’re eating, scream at them in stores and follow them around taking pictures. These people are crazy and they’re the ones in this comment section claiming that people shouldn’t have harassed the dad.
Somehow in all of their righteousness, they forgot what they are really teaching their children. Doubtful if she ever saw her dad or her community in the same light again.
Exactly. It was just heart breaking seeing how upset it was making her.
The girl- " My dad said that you are dead."
Humanity- " I am not dead yet."
This was such a wonderful short & really got to me & made me tear up while watching on break at work. Seeing the little girl & how she is heartbroken but doesn’t understand what’s going on. It amazes me how people can be so intertwined with their anger that they don’t stop & think about who’s around or who they may really be hurting. Sadly I had a similar situation happen but I had just pulled into my drive with my daughter in the car, & thank God she was asleep. Because I had my husband aunt pull in behind me, & start yelling at me about how my daughter would be better off is I was dead, & just on & on. And this all started because I asked her very nicely if she could please not overstep into our life. She would go to my daughters school to find out her school stuff n would purchase the stuff for my daughter before I could. She bought my daughter her first day of school outfit. I mean her actual first day ever of school. She would butt in to all kinds of things. I told her I was thankful but it did bother me some when it felt like she was trying to push me out. There’s so much more to this, like how my husbands mom was pushed outta of the pic to be raised by his grandparents and this aunt.
Anyhow, it was a horrible situation & I’m so grateful my daughter was asleep. But the aunt yelling at me didn’t know she was. So here she was cursing me up and down about things & how she’d be a better mom while my daughter is just a few feet away. She didn’t care how her words would affect my daughter because she was so engulfed in her own anger. So people letting the anger get the best of them while their children watch & learn from thus behavior. It’s taking away that child’s wonder & fulfilling them instead with fear. It just really hurt my heart for that little girl. She shouldn’t have to suffer for her fathers sins.
Why people are like that?
Throughout the film I wanted to know what transgression did he actually commit. Why was he so hated? At the end it appeared obvious that it was immaterial. It wasn't about what he did. Rather how he acted in spite of it all. Perhaps if the writer spelled it out to us and let us know what he did, our ability to focus on the actual theme could have been compromised. Great acting and excellent writing and direction.
Perhaps -- but I think creating that kind of dissonance is also an art. It must also plague the man's daughter to know why all of these things are happening, and we are watching this almost from her perspective. We want the answer, we feel owed the answer, and we are often spoiled by media that gives us all of the answers. But this isn't about the answer, it's about the girl and how she sees things. Remember how strange and fearful the adult world felt to us when we were young? By depriving us of an explanation, we share that disjointed dissonance with the characters until we meet one man who is more concerned with granting her wish than ignoring her to chastize her father.
This is probably the best short film I've seen. Great story. Terrific actors. Thanks.
What a beautiful performance by Michael Pena and Everly Carganilla. Whenever I see on TV or in the movies, a bond between a father and his daughter, I always wonder what that would have felt like. My dad was never like that, he was a father who only knew how to give verbal abuse mentally, emotionally and physically. He was plain and simple, a %$&$ing jerk. He passed away when I was about 14yrs old and I know if he was still around, that most likely I would not be. The ending was a perfect touch, with the guitar player coming out to find the little girl and sing Happy Birthday to her. Great job!!!!
Beautiful film. I imagine it holds a different meaning for every viewer. To me, it's a reminder that we're all complex characters in our own story. Through the eyes of a child, we may be only a loving, doting father. Through the eyes of our critics, we may be only a villain, undeserving of empathy. In our own minds, we know the truth. We are complicated, flawed and multi-faceted. Hyper-focusing on our good traits is naive. Hyper-focusing on the bad is a recipe for depression or worse. We can choose the good over the bad, but we have to be realistic and honest about all the facets of who we are and the choices we've made. From the outside looking in, the lesson is one of empathy and restraint. People in real life are not like fictional characters. And treating them as such reveals more of the ugliness within us than it does the ugliness within them. The guy on your side of the political aisle is not a saint. The one on the other is not a monster.
Doesn't matter what ppl say about you. Doesn't make it true. That's the moral. The kid was brilliant and so was peña he's an incredible artist.
That lil girl is just the cutest. Such a brilliant actress.
Great job! Brandon and Zach are so incredibly talented. Makes me happy to see them crushing it like this.
Very moving. You got to see inhumanity - the people attacking the poor girl's dad in front of her - and humanity - the woman at the fountain and the waiter. It will be a birthday the little girl won't forget. She lost her hat!
I absolutely loved this. The end invoked a strong laugh/cry out of me. Well done by everyone involved! Was a pleasant surprise to see Michael Mitchell as the not-dead-yet big guitar player. Thank you all for this little work of art!
Me too!! I read this before the end and didn’t know how I’d react but exactly the same as you did! Great acting
This is so powerful. The circumstance remains unknown, but it has nothing to do with the past. It's about the girl and her perspective of the situation. Many people don't realize how their behavior effects the children around them. The last thing a kid needs is to recieve the message that they have bad parents because they are the ones they should feel comfortable turning to for moral support. The father may not have been a good man, but he's a good dad and its obvious that he wants to do better and perhapse lead his daughter down a better path than his own. The woman at the fountain and the man at the end were the only people besides her dad that considered the daughter's feelings, whether they respected the dad or not.
Love Michael Pena. He’s such an underrated actor in my humble opinion.
Hardly recognize him now compared to when I first saw him in World Trade Center
Absolutely.
Ok... My Theory based on the comments and the video clues:
Dad is a drunk driver who accidently killed his wife and earned custody. He also injured pedestrians, that's why the people in the restaurants feel involved. He had a great lawyer twisting the story around and made it look like the traffic lights malfunctioned.
That's why Guitar Dude says: "Get home safe!"
Out of all of the theories I've seen here so far, the Dad is actually dead, etc, this one seems the most plausible.
My favorite theory.
Both could be true. She is confusing childhood memory with the loss of her father.
Pretty good theory. The only problem I see is that if he had killed his wife (the child's mother) I don't think he would have been so flippant about saying the guitar player was dead... death would be a pretty sensitive subject under the circumstances of your theory
Personally I don’t think the film drops hidden clues as to what he did. I think his offense is deliberately left ambiguous to show that this same dynamic could play out regardless of what the celebrity has been “canceled” over.
Okay,. After watching the film twice and reading the comments, I have some thoughts. This is a memory that the girl is working through in a therapy session. The woman at the wishing well is the therapist. Everyone in the restaurant is dead because of her father, including her mother. He survived and raised her. She is being guided through the memory in a way that makes sense to the little girl in her-her age when the accident happened. It happened on her birthday, the day she turned seven. The man with the guitar died later than the rest. I'm guessing it was some kind of accident, which is why the man said get home safe and the dad told the bellhop they were in a hurry. I think he was in a hurry and did not pay attention and cause some kind of horrific accident.
wow.. Therapy session huh.. damn
For those who don’t understand this film its the girls last memory with her father for her birthday as her father is deceased his cup is mostly full and he never takes a drink or a bite the girl has a navy suit on because we’re in her memory but in reality she’s older. When the dad tells his buds he says 2 of them the first one he says he gets to finally have a quiet dinner, now tht the guitar guy is dead(Which I believe was him) On the second bud he says he looks forward to tomorrow because he gets to see his daughter, The people are interrupting because she is sitting by herself in a full table which is why they tell her to listen to their story but she ignores. When she steps outside the Guitar guy comes out the dad doesn’t say a word the girl tears up because her dad used to sing it to her, she only went to hear the song. After the song the guitar guy tells her “you go home safe now” as she is alone
Thanks for that.
A very interesting theory, love it!
He, the guitar, is only speaking to her implying that her dad at the beginning is Not existing in this Scene. The only use He has is to Show that she ist a little Girl with the height comparison of their shoulders as you cannot See the ground in the Perspective the camera has on the Girl.
She is wearing a navy Suit for two reasons: 1. It is clothes for grown Ups, implying she is in fact grown Up. 2. Navies travel the ocean and Bring people from one place to another. May it be time, memories.
No, not possible. Then there are people yelling at an empty table while the little girl is tossing a coin in to the fountain??
Thanks!
The tears by Everly.. Oh my heart... such a good actress.
The little girl is so cute
Love these. And the fact that larger and no name actors participate makes them so much cooler. We get to see up coming artist and great strpytelling
I think here are some details to decipher this movie: Do people usually dress up as Navy officers on their birthday? What's the purpose of the woman at the fountain, I mean, she could just have been left out, wouldn't have changed the plot at all, would it? Do 7 year olds typically play rose-thorn-bud, which is a typical therapy thing? Why is the child book Madeline not only mentioned twice but also quoted by the woman at the fountain? What is this book all about and why that book an no other book? He mentions the woman at the other table might know him from the news, so how do you get into the news? He also mentions that people are probably just mad at him, so why would people be mad at someone being shown in the news? His thorn is that it hasn't been a great month, probably referring to the fact that this is not the first time people reacted this month. The woman arguing with him says "You don't deserve to be here and make all these people think the way you hurt other people or how they've been hurt"; she also says "You don't deserve to raise a daughter". Why is that one woman not just introducing herself but also her son, I mean, how's her son important, unless the reason everybody is mad would affect her son as well? What's up withe the hat? The hat was never mentioned before and was only briefly shown, why is it even mentioned in the end as a detail? Why does the guitar dude replies "Not yet man"? Oh and why isn't mommy with them and would she really have to be dead, since no clue is given for that to be the case and the girl is rather disappointed than terribly sad it seems.
What an amazing child actress!
Fancy seeing him here~
2 comments - one, the little girl is just absolutely adorable and a really great actress!! and two, don't eff with people when they have their children/child with them....period!!
Kudos to all involved in this production. An amazingly told story that deserves every accolade. Truly a story for the times we live in. 💯
These small venues are impacted by terrific writing and acting, something lost on the Big Names in Hollywood media. Well done.
Awesome short, and Everly is one of the best young performers I've ever seen.
I think the movie is simpler than the comment section is making it out to be. I feel like maybe the father did something that the public didn't like and he was getting canceled and like in reality nobody cared about who canceled culture effects which in this scenario was the little girl, his daughter.
I'd be interested in the dads deal.. he seemingly did something so bad (?) the town are against him but not bad enough that he has to be kept away from his daughter or serve jail time (that we know of)
I felt bad for the daughter, the adults were behaving terribly .. It made me think, I am ever this same way, in my heart? Would I act out this way, as they did? I hope not.. with the judgement we pass on others it will be returned, pressed down and dealt back 7 times..
"he obviously did something so bad the town are against him"
Here's the thing, we don't know that. in fact, it's probably that very same assumption that led to a build up of a mob. Here's a perfectly viable alternative explanation to how the Dad was treated so terribly: The first lady treated him horribly from a distance, even as her friend tried to get her to stop. While the camera was not focused on the lady, she likely spread rumors against he Dad, that other people bought at face value, and as it became increasingly obvious that a bunch of people were furious at the dad based on a completely baseless rumor, other people joined in to bandwagon in on it... quite literally resulting in a mob anger out of a completely made up rumor.
Ok here’s my theory, he was in an accident and someone died possibly a young child
I see it as a testiment to the human ego, and the demented psychotic obsession of making sure everyone else knows what we think and what we have to say and think about them. They were in a frenzy to tell them what they thought of him. They did not care about the kids or who they may hurt. This guy had to hear what they had to say because they are all that goddamn important. A testiment to the fact that most of us are utterly obsessed with ourselves and have an almost immeasurable sense of self importance.
@@TheGrandmaster1 seems to be getting worse, too.
@@tuffguy007 Oh it absolutely most certainly is, every decade and every year.
Absolutely incredible..no other words to describe..from the plot, to the acting.. I'm convinced this had something to do with the mother either missing without a trace or getting killed in an accident or the father taking the custody of the little girl because the mother has mental issues or even drug abuse..We will never know and as hard as it's been on the girl, the bond she has with her dad is simply unbreakable and strong enough to withstand any form of harassment from the outside world, and the judgment coming from others opinions (which we cant really change ) !
I've lived through a very similar situation, with my daughter..no matter what people say, she and I will never fall apart because of our unconditional love for one another and it's all that matters, especially, when you're a parent! What a great story..I'm tearing up 🥺👌
Mitch making me cry at 4am. Great job!
I didn't "get" this at all, but the child actress is enchanting... a young Drew Barrymore. 😊
Me either--totally fidget get it, but it was sweet... I guess.
Everly gave a brilliant performance, Michael always solid, very moving story for sure winner of several awards in my humble opinion
WOW! Just WOW! first of all, that actress is incredible! and YAY! Michael Pena!
Reminds me of Barbara Graham's last words. 1955, executed by gas chamber in CA, very rough life and don't know, maybe innocent of the charges. But her words are haunting. "Good people are always so sure they're right". Good little vignette here...thanx
The last two lines summarizes the story. Beautiful!
"listen to me! listen to me! you can't ignore me!"
- everyone on social media today
*thanks for this short, really f n good
this little girl is a phenomenal actress!
I feel like her hat was kind of symbolic of her childhood. Like, she was dressed in a costume as little kids like to, and then her hat got left behind, like it was a piece of her childhood. Because that little girl is always going to remember this moment, where people where so angry at her father and she is going to question why that is, and realise that maybe her father isn't the hero she thinks he is. And its clearly something, as the father mentioned being recognised from the news. She will find out eventually what it is that has happened. Also then, the guitar dude, bless him, comes out to sing happy birthday and the little girl cries maybe because she has realised this is the last time he will sing that song for her. It's not likely they will come back to the restaurant now, and she will probably forever associate the birthday song with the bad thing that has happened.
Oh my gosh!! This was so painful to watch and so beautiful. To make you feel this much through a short is so impressive!!
The young actress is amazing
This is a terrific and thought provoking story that is portrayed wonderfully.
It made me think about how some people have done terrible things. Some people are so self-important that rules don't apply to them, and that their actions are justified by their own rage. Some people are determined to be an anchor of kindness in an often chaotic and violent world. I could go on moralizing about what people do and who they "are", but then I'm afraid I would miss out on what a beautiful story this is. I love the contrast between the anger and the calm, judgement and forgiveness, fear and courage, the joy and the misery.
Michael Pena. Solid actor for many years..The guy deserves more cred..
A moment of magic she will always remember...
Oof when he came out with the guitar I was bawling. This was perfect. She just wanted to celebrate her birthday with her favorite man 😭😭😭
I don't know if anyone mentioned this because I didn't read all 236 comments but I think this is a mix of her memories with her present. The angry people are in the past and here's why I think that: if those people were so angry some of them would have followed them out of the restaurant. The only one to follow was the Guitar Guy, not seen through the whole sequence and supposedly dead, with a Happy Birthday song. As someone else mentioned he only told the little girl to get home safe. Was dad killed on the way home making this her last memory of him? Just some thoughts. I love a mystery and there's plenty here. Good Job!!! Loved it!!!
She’s the little girl from The Chair! She’s so good!
This was really well done. Bravo (and thank you)!
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Omg what a great lil girl🤩
I'm not smart enough to break this down, but you folks truly knocked it out of the park.
Hearing Harpo Marx's harp solo from A Night at the Opera at 5:27 put a smile on my face
Michael Pena is such an excellent actor they always have such an aura of truth and involvement in his performances
Great combo!!!! ❤️
Bittersweetness in 10 minutes. Excellent.
Wow what an amazing short!
I love how Mary is accurately depicted as the Mother of Mercy.
Really amazing work. Never felt such profound emotion from a 10 minute film. Soooooo phenomenal 👏 😍 🙌 ❤️
This really gave me a sunken feeling in my heart when I was 7 my dad used to take me to dinner after art club at school. I adored my dad beacuse i barely saw him and thought the whole world was against him. Then I grew up and at the age of 21 I can barely be in the same room as him as I witnessed what type of man he is. That's nothing to the video just stories with father's and daughters really get me especially how she's witnessed unacceptable behaviour
Truly a snapshot of the USA right now, where people can act superior and judgemental, to a fault, and will deliver their opinions regardless of context. To have filmed this from a child's POV is brilliant, and the end of it shows how redemption can happen in the cheesiest of places!
I think the point of the film all boils down to the last part with the guy and the guitar. The girl says that her dad said the guitar player was dead. And he just says not yet. And moves on. I think it represents how people deal with negativity and how they respond to it.
What an amazing little actress 😊
Ahhhh the work!!!!! Beautiful!
So it was the little girls birthday. She was celebrating it with her father who is in the Navy and accidently got people killed one way or another, the people in the restaurant were the loved ones of those who had fallen. Her father was one of the people that survived the incident.
She was unable to have a dinner with her father and have that be peaceful because the people of the loved ones who have died are harassing him because of 'what he did'. As the guy was singing her the song she was sad and crying because everyone blamed and hated her father for the incident. Not to mention that the day wasn't about her and her birthday because of this news, everyone didn't care and forgot about it and her. When she said "my dad said you were dead", it means her father told her what happened. He said "not yet man" showing that it is the memory of people that keep them alive, even if you didn't know them personally.
Or I'm completely wrong? I didn't pay a lot of attention when watching it, and only watched it once.
The young Hispanic girl is very talented for her age the most talented I've ever seen in any age group. She's definitely going places in the industry.
She's a lovely and talented child, pray that she gets out of "the industry"
@@markallen2984 I`m sure she`ll be fine.
Kindness is not dead.
casting directors have discovered the Dakota Fanning and Drew Barrymore of this generation:)
"Not yet, man." I want that on a bumper sticker.
Idk but i cry after watching such a short clip 😭🧡❤
MOTHER AND SON
What were the scriptwriters thinking when they wrote the following lines? In what way is the mother and her son relevant to the story line?
[6:49 -- 6:56] Amidst the chaos, one woman confronts the Dad and says: "Excuse me. My name is Carol Muldowney. This is my son. I just need to tell you something. We weren't just sleeping."
I think he says "We were just leaving".
@ Thanks. So, instead of her saying, "We weren't just sleeping", the Dad said, "We were just sleeping'. And thus, he hasn't got time to hear what the woman needed to tell him. Makes sense.
Bunch of Karens being Karens. But fo' real, did I miss something???
Can we just appreciate the girl’s cute captain suit? So adorable
POV: you just a random person in the restaurant. Minding your own business, doesn't know what's in the news, and doesn't have the courage to defend even though you also feel uncomfortable cause you don't know is it worth it to poke your nose into a problem that you don't know which side is right.
Possible that the daughter was in father's custody (relating to what he said that his bud is that he will wake up tomorrow knowing that she's there); and the reason why his thorn is about not having a good month possibly because of husband-wife problem prior to their dinner (they were separated and the daughter is now in father's custody).
It is also possible that majority of people in the resto knew about what happened but their symphathy is on the mother (not realising that the father-daughter relationship are actually in good shape). They were always coming to that resto, maybe it's just near to their home or a village-type diner, knowing that the father knew the waitress' name and the daughter is expecting the man with the guitar.
Just putting into words what's in my mind. A very good short movie tho. 👋
Yea possibly. The mother could also just be unwilling to go out in public with him while everyone is so angry. Like afraid/ashamed to face the public reactions.
He should have never put his daughter through that mess. It was irresponsible
*He* didn't, at least not here. He was trying to preserve birthday traditions with her. As a dad who's had people in public upset about or concerned about simply playing with my daughter, or being the parent with her backstage at a recital, I sympathize with his plight. It was a good representation of the uncertainty for a kid surrounding adult anger and tragedies.
In addition to the existing comments, my take is: children should *not* be the casualties of war, nor collateral damage to what their parents did. And if you as a bystander feel the need to express your disgust towards the parent, do so when you're alone - not when the innocent child is around, for it affects them too.
Also, the young actress playing Pena's daughter is brilliant
Haha twisted, love it, bravo!
Well done! Always love to see Michael Peña. The suspense is so thrilling.
Oh my god, incredible. Wow, I can’t stop crying. Just wow.