'Filial' means having relation of a child to a parent 'Haven' means safety. If combine together, it's a elderly nursing home. That's what the tittle says it all.
Young man going to migrate to Australia soon, leaving his mother alone so he had to send his mother to the nursing home. Even in the process of driving her to the destination, she seems indecisive with that poker face. She also shows a sign of dementia or short term memory loss. As soon they reach and the luggage on the ground, she dropped her very airy handbag with only, a cotton material in it. The son blindly insisted to get her new clothes and threw it inside the car. Soon, another call interrupted and he had take it.
It was another factor of pushing him to send his mother to the nursing home, could be his wife. He was really annoyed. When the mother goes back to take the bag, he kept on telling her to not take it back until to the point of frustration where he just bluntly said "Why are you making this difficult for me?".
Soon, it was a sweater she mended for him which really melted his heart, knowing the fact that she cant do anything to stop the son going away. And they hug.
There's the son narration at the beginning, talking about the past and at the end, he and the mother narration, about staying and relationship.
Oh gosh, I felt really touched by the short film on how the mother believe she should stay and he should leave but holding the a part of his heart in her forever. Narration really works for this short film. Very simple and the flow of a linear structure in 7 minutes. It build up a little by little from indecisive to frustration to emphatical. I really love the grandmother acting and it's very convincing. I myself knows it's difficult to direct elderly non experience actor especially the lady with osteoporosis. I also do enjoy the male acting, it's convincing and not dramatic. It's like he acted from his heart and experience.
The editing are fine, not so choppy and I really like the narration, giving a sense of beginning and ending. Not to mention, the background of their relationship. Really straight-forward but the feels just hit my heart. The colorist did a great job on maintaining the constant light and color of the film, giving something more of a nostalgic feeling to me. Even the music is pretty depressing yet nostalgic; something that links to remembrance.
I would really give a 4 our of 5 as it's straight-forward, not so PSA-ish and the sacrifice.
I understand the hardship behind them but also, they follow what the heart wants; Letting go and moving on but the memories holds everything dearly.
"Mothers hold their children hand for awhile, but their heart holds forever"
RIGHT IN MY HEART.
Kudos to the cast and crew! And congratulation on the nomination.
- Award Nomination, Narrative Short Category for River Pursuit Award (SRFF)
I swear I didn't cry.
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