Enamour
United States
2010
11 Min
Black and White
English
The first big love, the memory of it kept like a colorful treasure, whereas the dry present appears monochrome and soundless. The pure confidence of childhood, that gives us the courage to believe in things that later seem to be impossible, the courage that we miss and need when we face new challenges as we grow older. Through his short film Enamour, Justin Ho manages to make this contrast and loss visual.
This film portrays the loss of the first love in melancholy beauty. I really enjoyed how the flashback were in color and the current story was in B+W. This powerfully shows how the character feels… read review