| Together | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Eicke Bettinga |
| Produced by | Zorana Piggott |
| Written by | Eicke Bettinga Zorana Piggott |
| Starring | Matt Smith John Vine Amanda Boxer Guy Flanagan |
| Music by | Rhett Brewer |
| Cinematography | André Götzmann |
| Editing by | Dan Robinson Oliver Szyza |
| Release date(s) | May 2009 Cannes Film Festival |
| Running time | 14 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Together is a short film drama directed by Eicke Bettinga, starring Matt Smith. The film premiered in the International Critics' Week section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
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A year after his brother's death, Rob discovers that the only way to help his father cope with the loss is to "force" his affection onto him.
The film received good reviews throughout. The Milano Film Festival proclaimed "How fine is the line that separates an unilateral embrace from a struggle? Eicke Bettinga reinvents the elaboration of a loss, starting from suffused grief to explode in a climax where the only language that still seems to have any meaning is that of the body."[1]
After its premiere in Cannes Nisimazine's Eftihia Stefanidi wrote "Together focuses the narrative on an emotional build-up rather than on momentous explanations and futile dialogue. Gazes, pauses, and gestures reveal more about the relationships than words could suggest"[2]