Cautionary Tales (Award Winning Short Film)
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- A short film written & directed by Us - weareus.co.uk
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"A bizarre incident as a young boy left Aaron with an unusual facial disfigurement that has plagued him all his life. Isolated and vulnerable, Aaron seeks comfort in the friendship and understanding of an unexpected group of outcasts"
AWARDS
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BEST FILM 'Liechtenstein Short Film Festival' Liechtenstein
BEST SCRIPT 'Maniatic Int'l Film Festival' Spain
SPECIAL MENTION 'Manchester Film Festival' UK
2017
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Official Selection 'Short Shorts Film Festival' Japan- Oscar®
Official Selection 'Flickerfest' Australia - Oscar®
Official Selection 'Foyle Film Festival' Northern Ireland - Oscar®
Official Selection 'LA Short Film Festival' USA - Oscar®
Official Selection 'Edinburgh Film Festival' UK
Official Selection 'San Diego Film Festival' USA
Official Selection 'Bolton Film Festival' UK
Official Selection 'Fancine Film Festival' Spain
Official Selection 'Fantastisk Film Festival' Sweden
Official Selection 'This Is England Film Festival' France
Official Selection 'Kino Fest' Romania
Official Selection 'Orlando Film Festival' USA
Official Selection 'Lusca Fantastic Film Fest' USA
Official Selection 'Kerry Film Festival' Ireland
Official Selection 'Kinsale Sharks' Ireland
Official Selection 'Chiddingly Chillerama' UK
Official Selection 'Catacumba Film Festival' Spain
Official Selection 'Colchester Film Festival' UK
Official Selection 'Hollywood North Film Festival' Canada
Official Selection 'Winchester Short Film Festival' UK
Official Selection 'Soria International Film Festival' Spain
Official Selection 'San Sebastian Fantasy Film Festival' Spain
Official Selection 'Red Rock Film Festival' USA 2017
Official Selection 'Weyauwega Int'l Film Festival' USA
Official Selection 'Make It Short Film Festival' UK
Official Selection 'Duhok Int'l Film Festival' Iraqi
Official Selection 'White Whale Film Festival' USA
Official Selection 'NEO International Film Festival' USA
2018
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Official Selection 'Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival' USA
Official Selection 'Four Seasons Film Festival' UK
Official Selection 'Artfools Int'l Film Festival' Greece
CREDITS
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WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
Us
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Academy Films
PRODUCER
Medb Riordan
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Lizie Gower & Simon Cooper
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Sebastian Winterø
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Francesca Di Mottola
CASTING
Hammond Cox Casting
EDITOR
Sam Rice-Edwards
EDIT HOUSE
Assembly Rooms
MUSIC BY
Half Moon Run
SOUND STUDIO
Wave Studios
SOUND DESIGNER
Jonny Platt
COSTUME DESIGNER
Rebecca Hale
HEAD OF PROSTHETICS
Matthew Smith
GRADE
Jason Wallis
POST PRODUCTION
Electric Theatre
DESIGN & ART DIRECTION
Fieldwork Facility
ILLUSTRATOR
Giulia Ghigni
CAST
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AARON
Ross Hatt
MARK
Anthony Barton
JENNY
Abigail Davies
TERESA
Michele Whitehead
NORMAN
Andrew Murton
SARAH
Laura Evelyn
STEVE
Selom Awadzi
KID ON BUS
Lucas Salem
GALE
Skye Bennett
FULL CREDITS - www.cautionary-... 
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His face looks like that claymation stuff, like Wallace and gromit.
Oh yeeaaah .. 🤔😬
Bante Hayes yassss
Omg I knew it reminded me of something!!! I’ve been tryna place it! Thank you so much lol ur so right
Well thats why i clicked it cuz i thought of it as animation
totally
I love how this shows that no matter what difference you may have; theres always someone out there with a very similar experience. Love yourself for who you are and not for who you think you are 😊
As a short filmmaker, this is the kind of story and quality that I appreciate.
the comments are really lofi for a decent production like this.
I was thinking the exact same thing.
Seriously
It's youtube, what did you expect?
Yes! Disapointing...
probably ppl who just never been there ...
Wow, this was just beautiful! I figured all their quirks stemmed from those old sayings, eat a seed and it'll grow out your ears etc. Really amazing. I love how you could just tell Aaron was smiling at the end even though his mouth was forced into that shape his eyes said it all. This would make an epic series. Absolutely fabulous work!
Edit: Had to watch it twice!
A true friend it doesn't care what it looks like.
I don't think the message here is about physical deformities but being odd in general. As an odd person myself I can relate. I wish I could transform in to an ordinary person overnight and blend in the world without getting noticed but it's impossible unless I cover myself in a big shopper bag or something. It's so sad that everyone can freely go out and enjoy while I am denied my right to do so.
When he said 😬
I felt that..
I was on board until the last couple seconds. I feel like the whole mouth thing can obviously relate to anyone's insecurities, mental health states, or what they might consider to be imperfections. But instead of finding it within himself to fight it, it took an external factor, in this case a girl with the exact same "imperfection" giving him some attention, to make him feel better. I really enjoyed watching it, but I feel the message was a missed opportunity for people that really feel that way.
Sean it could be interpreted as no matter how you feel, you’re not alone? There’s someone else who knows exactly how you feel?
Chad Worthman Yeah that’s a nice way of looking at it. I suppose I don’t like the idea of needing to find someone with the same problem as you to feel better, as I believe we can do that without relying on others. I do like your perspective though :-)
@@sean8306 We are social beings. I think it matters (i.e. if one knows s/he not the only one being gay, or being left-handed, or any other characteristic which is not so common), it can be inspiring because it serves as a reference: we don't want to be alone. We want to belong to some groups and that characteristic becomes a sign of identity.
Also I don't like the idea of "not needing someone to solve a problem" very much: that's individualism (related to neoliberalism) and it's not true: sooner or later we'll need someone else (i.e. I need a doctor if I get sick, I need a teacher to teach me things, etc). That's why we're hardwired to belong to a society and it's why we've thrived as a species.
My interpretation was like that of Chad.
I'm curious. Did any of you three recognise the theme of the movie.. that the characters were all victims of of childhood tales - the girl with the big nose told lies which made her nose grow long.. etc? If you didn't it will be worth another look. I didn't 'get it' till half way into the therapy scene and even then a second viewing revealed lots of funny nuances throughout.
@@ChadWorthman I'm curious. Did any of you three recognise the theme of the movie.. that the characters were all victims of of childhood tales - the girl with the big nose told lies which made her nose grow long.. etc? If you didn't it will be worth another look. I didn't 'get it' till half way into the therapy scene and even then a second viewing revealed lots of funny nuances throughout.
자신이 찾고자 하는 사랑을 찾아라.
거기에 인생이 달렸다 ❤love.
I don't know why but I started crying real hard when they met 😭
Maybe he should consider wearing a dust mask.
This shorts film are useful to show how the fisic is not important if you have any communication skill or luck. Just the both things that I never had.
So simple, so perfect 🎭❤️
Very good and witty!
FIRST THOUGHT: Wallace of Wallace and Gromit makes faces like that.
yes!
Cheese! :-)
Pegasus too many distractions out there ? Find your place ....
God Bless all who read this and all who don't.
Wendsleydale face
okay wow i was so confused why sarah called herself veronica like..for what purpose? turns out shes ''the girl who told too many lies''. AMAZING
the nose answered that
I thought she was the nose picker/booger eater of the group.. and then she said Veronica
If your not old enough to remember all these wives tales it would be confusing... those of us who remember got each character instantly. So clever..
She was the one I understood as the leader corrected her & I thought the nose grew a little more like Pinocchio.
Thanks Captain Obvious.
He would be okay now since everyone wears a facemask here these days.
He d have to use a blanket from a double bed for his mask
Lmao this
except in 2 months no one will be wearing them anymore......
Thats what I commented too 😷😀
Same thoughts hahahha
Well if this wasn’t the sweetest thing ever
Tyler Cassidy is a genius every song you've made is incredible
Just in case someone here needs to know: the song is Everybody Wants, by Half Moon Run
Thanks man!
Thanks friend
Starring mark Zuckerberg as himself
TheSprinklerNinja gold 😂
PaPA Am I HUMAN
LMAO fuck, dude 😂
You made me laugh! I needed a good laugh, thank you! 😉
Lol brutal
I don't get the crust eating guy, like according to the wives tale eating crust gives you curly hair, but why would you go to group therapy for that? Is there something I'm missing?
Edit: That awkward moment when you ask a genuine question and accidently start the Ginger Lives Matter movement.
yes, the crust
@@hanskanns1710 hahahaha!! :)
i may be wrong but i think the stigma against curly hair comes from racism against africans and jewish people.
@@chaosjuan lol, no
@@chaosjuan What about the stigma against ginger hair? Funny how if something is associated with race, it's sacred, yet no one cares about the discrimination of gingers or old people.
Should've had someone with square eyes from sitting too close to the TV.
jim jimjim I thought about that too! Thought that was what the blind guy was at first!
You know what we did speak about having a character in there with square eyes as its such a classic one. The thing is we wanted to do everything in-camera with no CGI. Which meant we just couldn’t think of an elegant solution to execute square eyes with this approach sadly. Will have to save that one for next time;)
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@@Us-Inc Next time? Cautionary Tales 2: Judgment Day confirmed? Haha, seriously though, I really enjoyed this, well done.
Or if you cross your eyes too much they’ll get stuck
I've scrolled past this SO many times thinking it was going to be a claymation video lol
"It's at times like this that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young."
"Why? What did she tell you?"
"I don't know. I didn't listen."
Arthur Dent!
@James Carangelo My wife says I only have two faults, I don't listen to her and something else.
ROFL!!
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨Ʒ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sending this to my teen 🤣
Wow. This mans really said “😬”
Thanks for this comment 🤣😂🤣🤘🏾
TheNerd314 😩😂
YES ok boomer
no he said the smiling chicken from chicken run
Lmaoooo
No one:
Aaron: 😬
😂 😂 😂
🤣
😭😩
Ur rudeee💀💀
😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 Dude. Thank you.
The blind guy stroking his cane... I *see* what you did there.
Well, different strokes for different... oh, I see what you're pulling there
Good catch! Also, his line was brilliant when he said, "Yeah, umm, it helped me to RELEASE a lot." 🤪
Ostkreutz Rox double joke
Isn't that actor in Shaun of the Dead??
TJ Sands you mean Shaun the sheep? 🙃
This is really great - such a wonderfully simple concept charmingly made. Aaron is great, says so much with his eyes. Makeup was beautiful, too. Congrats.
The other girl who pulled a face also had a lot of emotion and beauty in her voice and body language. His emotional eyes plus her pretty voice
Its funny you say he say so much with his eyes. I only saw him convey 2 things with them. Utter despair and hope...
Exactly.
Make up ? Oh, its not real ?
and someone with their finger stuck in their nose
I don't know what I was expecting but it wasn't that, I love this
its gonna be so frikin weird when they make out
Wakamoly-Alfred Plays-Go they touch teefies
This Is Fallacious ahhh so they make a vacuum seal of saliva and deformity?
@@sogsmcgee2183 and old food stuck between the teeth
This Is Fallacious yeah and they use their tongues to lap it lap like the peanuts in a drumstick ice cream.
@@sogsmcgee2183 okay you're weirding me out now shut up
The pain on Alan's face was palpable. How do you make a character pull on your heart so much in so little time?? Well done!
Aaron
P
That's the art of casting the right guy/girl for the right role.
Well done to the actor who played Aaron, you can see the despair lift from his face when he looks at the girl for the first time!!
It’s all in the eyes.
So this is why my vision has been going blurry lately.
It's part of your journey to ascension, embrace it
😂😭
Hahahaha good one
@@VorganBlackheart I can assure you that it ascends and descends every day.
But when do I stop master?
When your eyes are like mine grasshopper
I cannot remember ever seeing a movie or video in which the "Aha" moment comes during the closing credits.
Brilliant.
Pegasus exactly!! The blind guy “ releasing “ last week as he stroked the cane I felt so daft! It was so well done! ( also as a female especially adolescent habits masturbation was the farthest thing from my mind and still am surprised raising sons how y’all are like little bonobo chimps! My oldest would face plant constantly his hands were always in his shorts as early as potty training!)
Sounds like you should've been in that short as "the boy who was dropped on his head as a baby".
agree
Pegasus I’m so glad too, because I was wondering what the others were lol
You would like the British tv series ‘inside no9’ you would love it, full of that stuff
jesus christ, the shear amount of drool this guy must excrete.
😂 watch BTS 😂
*shit, i'm laughing so hard at this comment*
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 omg rolling omg
Sheer.
if you keep your mouth open long enough it will dry out.
Things told to us as children follow us into adult hood. Even though you can’t physically see them they’re always there.
That is true
Soo true, yet you can't allow those things that happened to you as a child continue to define who you are as an adult. Use wisdom and learn from those lessons. While honoring your inner child.
Wow
Basil The Rat Eating crust makes your hair curly
Sometimes the intangible things are the heaviest you can carry
Why am I crying so hard? This was absolutely wonderful. I've been scarred, and I'm not alone. Thanks for being here, with me.
who is here with you? if you have one of those problems, go to a doctor bro...
We're here ❤
I'm here too
so sensitive...
@@pattytoons probably for a reasonable reason
So all their ailments are based on Old Wives Tales. I'm guessing the speaker must have handled too many toads and a got a huge wart on her hand.
or it's not special effects and you've just insulted someone
@@rat8984 💀
the video hardly pays attention to that at all. it could easily just be a ring
i would just like to add, in the uk we always left the crust so our mothers would tell us that they would make our hair curly if we ate them, like in a positive way.
Ah! Thanks for clearing that up. Never heard that.
Yeah, thanks, I never heard of it either
ohhh now it makes so much sense! thank you
Same here in Australia
I'm South African and that's the only one that I hadn't heard of. Thanks for clearing that up.
That li'l kid on the bus is going to be attending one of those sessions in the future if he keeps it up! But seriously, amazing film!
Karma
Lmtao
He'd be pretty good at harmonica at least.
🤣👍
🤣👍
No. Hed be terrible at it. As a harmonica player, a person with a pin-hole sized mouth would play better than someone with a watermolon-slice mouth.
@@williamhood7548Maybe he just used his nose.
@@theemeraldfalcon9184 wow. That was so funny, I literally forgot to laugh. I was too focused on getting back here to comment how b-d'ass that comment was. 😅
0:40 the really tall guy getting off the bus with 6 gal of milk. Milk does a body good! Helps you grow big and strong! Isn't that more an American thing, or is that worldwide?
A. Green To be honest hardly anyone has ever picked up on this guy in the film. Nice to know he didn’t slip under everyone’s radar ;)
GET THAT CALCIUM IN YA BODY
A. Green lol even animals are aware of this
As an embarrassingly tall thin man myself, I noticed him very much. People always ask about what made me tall, I tell them cranberry juice.
Fun Fact, studies have shown that people who drink a lot of milk actually have weaker bones than people who don't drink very much milk...
Idk about you guys, but at the ending when they're just staring at eachother, that made me so happy.
If you just hang in there long enough you'll meet someone else with your special kind of damage - that's all any of us can really hope for.
They don't need to be damaged like me. But maybe my strength can support their weakness and their strength can support my weakness.
@@indyalx exactly, your baggage puzzle piece lol
I met someone with my special kind of damage. She broke my heart and then treated me like shit lmao
@@Adam-xv7du now you have a new damage
Adam Adamee did she give good head atleast?
What in the uncanny valley world is this
Elisama drUgs
Kmsl 😂😂
Joker if he had a stroke.
It’s awesome
Ketamine
I was like “wtf is this?” For 90% of the video 😆
You might just have to try a bit harder to get this story.
I didnt understand until the end credits
I loved everything about this. The actors portrayed such incredible emotions through their eyes. Rather than a film, I thought I was watching a doc as the acting was so genuine.
Same...
@@erikadean5164 👏
Wow. So many of these "award winning" shorts on RUclips are pseudo-intellectual pretentious nonsense, but this is so thoughtful and well done. Glad I clicked.
Yeah well they were "award winning" and that is all.
Is this really the deepest short film you've ever watched ?
@@K-daz I mean they never said it was the "deepest" one they watched
Exactly some funny gems in there are a really welcome change. Also I felt stupid not getting why that gentleman was blind, and stroking his cane until the credits, then I lost it!! Pretentious and high- brow indeed!!
The same worms that eat me will someday eat you too
When I was about six years old, my mom and I were waiting for the bus. It was pretty late and already dark. Then an old lady came along, walked straight up to me and asked me if I wasn't afraid of the boogeyman coming to get me. My mom got so furious and angry, asking her why on earth she was so keen on scaring me for no reason at all - and vividly told her to get lost. I still love here for that moment (and of course for a gazillion other reasons). Therefore I never was, and never will be afraid of the dark, or of spiders, or of dentists, etc... - cautionary tales are for envious and lazy grown ups who've forgotten how it was to be a child and sadly are only capable of patronizing - Thank you for that story. My mom just would have loved to see this. ♥
Dentists lmao
Aha boogey man here ah where you live ?
@T Gras yupp... 😂😂😂
I agree with you 100%, but I am scared to death of the dentist 😂
I laughed WAY too hard when I realized why the blind guy was stroking the stick 🤣
Me three 😂
His wrist was wrapped too, which means he fatigued it way too much.
I like how the artists don't mind helping us out of the dark and giving us a clear picture of the concept in the film. I'm not too familiar with all these children's tales and got that they probably all personified one tale but didn't quite understand how. Then the credits rolled. Terrific!
Yeah the penny dropped when the blind guy was talking-but I do like how they explained it fully at the end. Sometimes short films leave me a bit non plussed, much like art and scultures do. I appreciate the beauty but I hate not understanding the story behind them.
although the parents don't tell these "superstitions" to their children here in my country, I could understand thanks to the credits
:D
I still don't really get the crusts one.
I remember all these from when I was a child. This short is on my top 10. It's perfect. When she walked in the room, I got chills and a smile from ear-to-ear and a tear in my eye. Its got everything.
i don't understand the crust one, at all
EDIT I discovered shortly after posting my comment, that British children were told not to eat crusts because they'd be afflicted with curly hair (surprised they also didn't say "and your skin will darken" 🤣). Most us North Americans were forced to eat our crusts, and curly hair was a desirable trait so that's why we're so confused.
Old wives tale says that if you eat your crusts you’ll get curly hair.
it used to be a thing to not eat crust, it was crude and improper. The kitchen help or your mom would cut the crusts off as part of their duty to family so they looked like they were proper. Curly hair was also seen as undesirable, so you put the two together and you behave horribly and eat the crust you get cursed with curly hair.
Ben Cotterill in that case ill only eat crusts from now on!!
The funny thing is i thought "what could the ole wives tale about crusts be-- also that man's hair is positively gorgeous." Totally surprised that's the "curse" lmao.... I feel like there's some racism or at least xenophobia in that one, but idk really... Just an American's guess.
@@tarynestrada3760 Its more English than anything, and it was xenophobic, curly hair was associated with Irish and Scottish. Sandwiches served with tea usually have the crust cut off still. .
:"If you keep pulling those faces one day the wind will change and you'll stay like it" ..... I swear my nan used to say that !
The same in France with crossing eyes 😂
Yet here in the States the saying is; " if you're making that funny face and someone slaps you on the back it'll stay that way!"
Nice one. Here in the Netherlands the saying is; "If you are making that face and the little clock of Rome ticks, your face will stay like that forever!"
Lol i only heard this in spongebob
Broomehall well if she didn’t would this short film make any sense?
That was a beautiful short film. Very well made. Very well thought out.
The lady with the branches name is “Theresa” lol (Tree•Sa)
It's probably all of the pandemic stuff, but I can't help thinking this guy must be susceptible to all kinds of viruses and bacteria with his mouth open all the time like that!
Can't get a facemask big enough 😂😭
And bugs
Kudos to the tree woman.She had to bite that fake branch the entire time, through cuts and retakes😄
This is a perfectly-acted short film. That moment when he looked at the person beside him after seeing the girl, that moment when he was looking for a validation of how beautiful the moment is. Perfectly crafted
Bruh I caught that but I thought I was just being cheesy 😭
the way he looked at tree girl thinking there is always someone worse off.
Indeed 8mins well spent. The choice of sound track did justice to the quality of the story.
Oh my god, the feelings...this is a masterpiece! The non-vocal acting is outstanding. And the comments are as I expected.
Me looking straight on: What, her nose isn't that b-
Me seeing the profile: whoa
THATS LITERALLY MY SIDE PROFILE HIFHEWS
When the movie ended, I was like: "No!!!! please don't stop now!"
For every scar, there's someone out there who's scars will fit perfectly with your's like puzzle pieces, and those little pieces will grow into a love not even your first love can come close to. A love that can only be understood by your soul mate.
Jake Hawkins beautiful
Yeah, except that’s utter bullshit. Unlucky people die alone all the time. Luck is an integral part of success and happiness.
@@vvblues I hear you. My guy died alone, and it's been years, and I still miss him. I know there's someone else out there, but I haven't seen their scars, nor they mine. I miss my soulmate, and his scars.
Beautiful thank u x
I thought I had found mine. Apparently not. I am in declining health, middle aged and still never found true love. I suspect I will die alone. So yeah, lots of us end up dying alone.
This little flick has inspired me to write this comment, despite my debilitating palm hair issues. Thank you.
LOL @ least you didn't go blind!
😂🤣
genius
😶🤔🙄
Does that mean Palmela Anderson is single now??
"Yeah um it helped me to release alot "*stroking his stick*.
Maybe the stick is his deeekk
"I'll stick to what you know" said the dog to his walker. Let's say he's more a barker & less of a talker.
Really sweet little short, even loved the joke set early on about always drink your milk to grow big. The Crust one was new, didn't know that one beforehand. Excellent work
I missed that completely. Thank you
I don't understand the crust one. Please explain it to me.
Mister Justice no worries. Had to look it up myself. The saying goes that eating the crust turns your hair curly
This was awesome, well shot and I loved the credits.
Thanks Bruce, the credits were the last thing we added to the film, we wanted to help wrap up the 'Tales' just in case people didn't quite get them. So its great to hear they are going down well :)
It really helped. For example the woman with the tree. I thought she got into a car accident and smashed into a tree. The credits (which btw are illustrated very well) helped immensely. This is sort of an abstract take on group therapy and it stands on it's own, but the credits gives the story context if you didn't pick it up on your own, which I did not.
@@Us-Inc Yeah, I didn't get it at all until the credits.
Loved it though!
Thanks for no spoilers.
@@Us-Inc did u ever do them? Theyd make great shorts The boy who stayed in the bath to long ect... they would bd great
"you'll end up with square eyes if you watch to much TV"
The woman with the tree growing out of her mouth shouldn't have eaten those seeds.
no stop dont say that
brooke anne What? She swallowed a pip and grew a tree he wasn’t meaning to offend next time watch the full video.
@@susgib296 no sorry i think you misunderstood my tone, i watched the whole video, i meant like no don't say that because its creepy to think that could happen. I've accidentally swallowed watermelon seeds when I was younger and my mom said a tree was gonna grow. i don't expect you to know that of course but I meant as like, ew no don't say that its creeping me out
brooke anne oh ok
It's interesting how different people read different things into words. I did a customer care course once that showed how 80% (I'm still a little dubious about that percentage) of a verbal conversation is not about the words - it's about the body language, tone, volume, pause, what you don't say, emphasis etc. That's why sarcasm (some call that irony) doesn't work (unless you know the person) on the internet. I had to think so hard to write that!
my favorite part about this is the tree girls name being TAREEsuh
The other names were also fantastic. You can say Alan easily with that face (doesn't have to make his lips meet like names with a M, B, V etc.), Mark was all marked up, Norman is arguably the most normal. I didn't catch the others though.
@@nadamuchu Steve was the pervert. Lol
Tree-sa was the tree girl.
he should've asked that woman if she wanted a treesome
Too funny...are you, too, going a little stir crazy at home....?
🌲🌲🌲
@@jchang76 Tf?
@@bigfetaslap7204 She can fit a lot of tools in her mouth friendo
@@Ask4This lmao alr I understand
Such a clever well-made little film. And yes - read the credits! Pathos, humour, compassion and the absurd all rolled into one.
This was absolutely amazing. That last scene where everything just paused and everything felt okay. Well done!!
The sad part is that an amazingly talented “filmmaker” has under 1k followers but if you started to unbox cameras you’d have a million...
Anyhow, we’ll done! That was beautiful!!
this
I turned this crap off 2 minutes in because literally no one was unboxing cameras...
Too true mate.
🤣
RUclips has changed over the years, and it now only rewards "Influencers" who mindlessly post videos every day, and ignores the creatives who take weeks (even months) to create a single piece of art.
The cinematography was amazing, well-acted, well-scripted, the music and score choice are perfect, editing was smooth, I wish it was longer. It really felt like watching an A24 film
Exceptional. That slow, methodical pacing was so confidently delivered, first class.
The ending reminded me how single I am
Lovely! A bit mystifying to this American who was unfamiliar with most of those old wives / cautionary tales, though. Strangely unkind of the group leader to ask the tree woman if there were any pips in the apple pie she brought. Did anyone else notice the small bulge in the group leader’s shirt? Abdomen area? Wasn’t sure if the shirt got weirdly stretched out or if she had an oddity like the other folks in the group.
Lorem Ipsum no I didn’t catch that! And maybe she’s growing a watermelon in her stomachs, or swallowed gum? This was really a quirky little imaginative short, a lot of fun and entertaining.
I did notice that and I was trying to work out what she’d done all the way through lol
I missed that! I was thinking why was she even there?!
Now I guess I’ll have to rewatch it!
Woohoo! I’m so excited! 😬
I am going with weirdly stretched shirt they didn't cover it at the end, most group therapist are pretty normal psychologist getting people to understand their issues.
I SAW THAT TOO! I thought it was a mistake
That was just fricking awesome! The pip girl took a few minutes, and I totally missed Stevens problem till the end. Great script. Tired of stuff reliant on graphics. I swear, the grin on my face when she walked in at the end, I totally felt that instant recognition of your soul mate. Can't express that better with graphics!
I love everything about this little film. The little wave at 6:03 was sublime.
This guy like: "Do you want to know how i got these scars?"
дима строганов My father.....lived.......in a society.
This reminds me of going to AA & feeling like a black sheep. I had a rare skin disease & felt like nobody could relate to being stared at in public & being alone, etc etc. Just making every excuse to be miserable.
I realized running will never help me feel better. Also. I'll never get better alone.
Everyone feels like that. Wait'll you get older. Then you just won't give AF and you'll be cured. Lol
Vitiligo?
I don’t understand what’s wrong with eating crusts? Why is it a caution
makes your hair go curly
@@orlaithoconnor5898 thanks
So they advise you lot to finish your food? My favorite part of a pizza is the crust.
@@florindag6619 I hate crust unless its stuff crust pizza
This was a wonderful story! I had fun trying to guess what old wives’ tales each member of the group had committed, but I got most of them wrong. :p I thought the blind man sat too close to the TV. And does the group leader have an ailment, too? Or is she facilitating the meeting without one? Thank you for the amazing movie! :D
0:59
So that kid is going to end up like him?
@@kalashnikovkhodorkovsky8153 are you okay dude
@@kalashnikovkhodorkovsky8153 Liking your own comment to make it seem like other people support you isn't very cash money of you
No, the old wives tale goes "if you pull a face when the wind changes, your face will stay like that"
Elliot Mott Thanks for explaining. I hadn’t heard that before.
@@kalashnikovkhodorkovsky8153 Not sure what John said that triggered you so much. Maybe you should get some help dude
2:42 on the right side... Was that done on purpose? #Pause
i believe so to give off the subtle hint that the guy went blind because he touched himself too much lol
Trash Insecure he went blind for touching himself? I thought he couldn’t stop touching himself thus the clip
yes
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Sometimes it just needs 8 minutes to put some magic into your heart. Thank YOU! ❤️
The last letters to disappear at the beginning title were “us” pretty cool.
Letters dude
That’s a nice touch, i didn’t notice.
Alphabets? That’s fkn legendary
personally, I *do* like, "alphabets."👍and are you a polyglot or something..because don't be so mean, don't be a such a *snob.* 🙄 just because he's not an English language scholar..at least he knows how to communicate his thoughts in a language that you KNOW isn't his first/native tongue..I, for one, *applaude* him.👏👏😀👩🏾🏫
01 02 no one was actually particularly rude...
Egotistical actors: I hate acting around prosthetics people don't recognize me and it takes so much effort
These actors: let's put emotion into the parts of our faces we can easily control and tell a great story about finding support
I feel this beautiful art work, I’m born with a facial deformity so I understand his pain. Love the ending made me smile 😊
Droopÿ
In my comment I called it a piece of art also ❤️
I was scalded with hot water at 13 months old. So I’ve scars from the waste down. I used to hide them. Yuh know...pants,long skirts and dresses,etc. But then in middle school I met a girl with scars from hot water from her chin and down her front. We became friends and she really changed my whole outlook on life. She was and is still one of my heroes that taught me that it doesn’t matter what we look like on the outside...not to the people that count anyway. 🥰
Be well... and don’t Ever let anyone take your joy!
❤️, A Dorothy In Kansas
Google This 😊🥰, that’s right! It’s all about how we treat each other.
Pfft. Cheesy, lacking in depth and using pop-relatability: I almost didn't cry at all.
almost
Its always a struggle until youve found yourself in someone else
Just adopt a dog and alleviate all the BS.
I love both of these comments
There is some great, subtle acting in this. Simple things, like how he enters the room and half-backs away. I really enjoyed this clever piece.
Wow. Every now and again I come across a true little gem. This is surely one...a short story that leaves you wanting so much more and yet there is nothing left to be said. Beautiful. I wish I could make shorts like this.
I don't get the crust one, I was always told to eat my crust, so clearly this is a cultural difference. What is the crust bit about?
Stephen Hanna There is an old wives tale that says if you eat the crust, your hair will go curly. ‘If you eat the crusts your hair will go curly!’ is something I was told (not sure by who) a few times as a child. But I never understood as to why I shouldn’t eat the crust-because there’s nothing wrong with curly hair at all!
Watch the credits. It shows you each one.
It was something that's a fallback to when curly hair was considered especially handsome, so it was on old wives tale to encourage kids to eat their crusts.
@@antonydyatlov5651 oooooooh
The song is about things happening in our lives that changed us, and how vulnerable we were as children, never imagining we could become a different person from life’s events. I wonder if the video is a metaphor for that too, though cautionary tales are used as the metaphor.
At the beginning of this I thought, “He’d better not just meet a woman with the same problem.” ...........
''Quit making that face or one day it will stay like that.'' [Mothers everywhere.]
This was beautiful. Some short films are very cliche. This was genuine and refreshing.
joking right?
loved it. made me smiled at the end. i can know how love at first sight feels