Relationships are tough, especially when something surreal is going on.
Filmmaker Cecilia Efraimsson uses stop motion for their short My Ex-Boyfriend, which details the slow deterioration of a relationship.
When the aforementioned boyfriend’s mouth becomes a water fountain over lunch, it’s fair to say things get a bit strange.
The narrative is told via the girlfriend’s therapy session as things begin to escalate, as the boyfriend shuts himself away from society in shame.
My Ex-Boyfriend is a short but fascinating take on how a couple’s priorities don’t always align and with genre cinema, in some cases, a surreal element is thrown in as a metaphor for a wider conversation.
My Ex-Boyfriend screens as part of the Cabane A Sang Film Festival 2023.
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