[Busy street noise]
[paint splatter]
[busy street noise]
[swooshing synthesizer]
[silent]
[door opens]
[shushing and indistinct chatter]
[door closes]
[wind blowing]
[wind continues]
[breaking waves and wind blowing]
[wind continues]
[wind continues]
[waves breaking]
[wind continues]
[wind is accompanied by low humming]
[low humming and wind continue]
[low humming and wind continue]
[wind stops]
[melancholy violin music plays]
[waves breaking]
[melancholy violin music continues]
[leaves rustling]
[melancholy violin music continues]
[waves breaking]
[wind blowing]
[distant woman humming]
[distant humming continues]
[waves breaking]
background #1: oh, yeah.
I'm glad we came up here. [Woman laughing]
[wind blowing]
[waves breaking]
[wind blowing]
[wind continues]
[angelic choir music plays]
[angelic choir continues]
[wind blowing]
mia: all flesh is grass.
We are what we abhor.
Devourers not only of
men, but of ourselves.
In brief, we have devoured ourselves.
[Wind blowing]
background #1: so sick. Yeah,
honestly. [Indistinct chatter]
background #1: yeah? What'd you think?
Background #2: I think it looked great.
[Seagulls squawking]
mia: thank you so much. [Woman laughing]
background #2: such a
good day. [Indistinct chatter]
background #1: a
little bit more, uh, glamour..
Background #2: o-o-h, I got
a good scenic shot this morning.
Background #3: I was really
proud of myself last weekend.
I had one martini.
Background #1: o-o-o
it's really poetic. Work it out...
Background #3: one vodka soda.
That was friday night.
Background #1: I
know you are thinking about...
[Seagulls squawking]
[indistinct chatter stops]
[rocks falling and crashing]
[seagulls squawking]
[rocks falling into water]
[angelic choir music plays]
[waves breaking loudly]
[angelic choir continues]
[waves breaking]
[door opens] [waves stop abruptly]
student: hey. Sorry. You're...
Eva: hey. Student: in the zone, hey?
Eva: yeah. Kinda.
Working on the, uh, portrait thing?
Mmm.
Yeah, i... I filmed this
old lady that I work for.
Student: cool. Hey,
um, have you seen that film,
'catch me if you can'?
Eva: yeah. Yeah, why?
Umm well, I was watching it last night,
and I liked it. But I didn't
think it was a good film.
So I was just curious
as to what you thought.
Um...
I wasn't a big fan of the film.
But it's so weird, 'cause leonardo dicaprio
was in my dream last night.
Student: true!
Well, it's your lucky night because, uh...
It's 'titanic' trivia.
And, uh, we're all gonna
go down and grab a drink.
If you wanna join?
I want to work on the thing.
Student: so fair.
Ok, well, good luck.
Okay.
You too.
Eva's mom [speaking russian]
eva: but I felt it.
Eva [speaking russian]
eva's mom [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
don't they give you advice at university?
[Speaking russian]
eva [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
it's... It's life.
You... You just have to live.
Eva's mom: sure. Eva: to... To feel things.
To... To understand things,
in order to express anything.
What if I'm just a mediocrity
with nothing to say?
[Speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
it's wonderful, it's so cool.
[Speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
maybe you should socialize a little
bit more with your classmates.
[Birds chirping]
I like this house. Would
you like to live there?
Eva: mmm...
Eva's mom [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
eva [speaking russian]
no one wants to live in a chateau.
[Wood squeaking and ambient chatter]
[paper rustling]
eva [v.o.]: "All flesh is grass."
"We are what we abhor..."
[Solo flute plays]
"devourers not only
of men, but of ourselves."
"In brief, we have devoured ourselves."
"Those apparitions and
ghosts of departed persons
are not the wandering souls of men,
but the unquiet walks of devils."
"The blessed spirits are
not at rest in their graves,
but wander, solicitous
of the affairs of the world."
'Solicitous'...
[Solo flute continues]
"solicitous', 'solicitous'..."
'Solicitous'...
[Upbeat party music plays]
[solo flute continues over party music]
[distant laughter]
[solo flute continues]
[busy street noise]
guest #1: huh?
I'm going around in circles.
Left at the bad sculpture?
[Busy street noise]
guest #1: ah! I can see mia.
Hey, babe. Hi, I have
no idea where I'm going.
Mia: how are you? Gues#1: good, how are you?
Mia: good.
[Metal clattering]
mia: remember mary, right?
Guest #1: yeah, mary!
Mia: she had that cat with... [Laughter]
guest #1: yeah, that was so disturbing.
[Cars passing]
[house club music plays]
guest #2: so I've been
trying like baths, right?
You get like two liters of
milk and orange blossom water
and you just like soak in it.
And, um, you just kind of like,
you come out soft as a baby.
And it's... Oh, god, hey!
It's like really good for anxiety.
Guest #3: hi-i-i. [Laughter]
guest #4: oh, how awesome!
Guest #5: not kidding.
[House club music continues]
eva: hey. I'm so sorry.
I hope you don't mind. Uh,
you dropped this in the street.
Eva: I picked it up. Mia: oh, my god.
That's lucky. Thank you.
[Indistinct chatter]
mia: have we met before?
You look kind of familiar.
No, I don't think so.
Do you want a drink? [Indistinct chatter]
guest #5: come on! [Laughter]
guest #6: $500 to simply piss on someone?
It's not that bad, but it's also like...
Guest #7: you have to draw the line, right?
This is what I'm saying.
The stock market is so
much more profitable...
Guest #7: it's just like... Mia: I'm mia.
Eva: mia? Mia: yeah.
Eva: I'm eva.
Mia: eva.
Eva: I like your shirt.
It's really beautiful.
Mia: thank you.
I'm glad you say that.
You don't think I look like a turkey?
Eva: a turkey? No.
Maybe it's a little bit oscar wilde.
Mia: oh, yeah. I like that.
[Indistinct chatter]
mia: I was having a
shitty day, so I dressed up.
Eva: oh, I'm sorry.
Mia: no. I mean, it is a full moon.
It's probably just my life.
Eva: I always blame a
bad day on the weather.
Mia: yeah... Blame it on the weather.
Do you want one?
I just have to get the last train home.
Mia: yeah. Where do you live?
Just on the other side
of town, with my parents.
Mia: I can get you a cab
if you're worried about...
Oh, no, no, no. No. Thanks. That's ok.
Mia: eva was the name of my sister.
Eva: oh. Mia: mmm.
Yeah, she died.
-I'm so sorry.
-Oh, don't worry about it.
I was, like, ten. She was
eight years older than me.
I didn't even really know her.
Yeah, she was traveling overseas and...
[Pouring a drink]
she got into a car accident.
[House music gradually fades]
[crickets chirping]
[distant dog barking]
[crickets chirping fades]
mia: sorry about the mess.
No, it's perfect.
This place is super cool.
[Drink pouring]
do you live here alone?
Mia: yeah. For now.
This rich guy is letting me stay here.
Eva: did you make these?
Uh, yeah, mostly.
I'm trying more, like, performance now.
Eva: oh. These are so beautiful.
I've never been in an artist's home before.
Mia: seems kind of vulgar
to say that about oneself, don't you think?
Eva: I guess it's not like
a profession or something.
I just want to live.
Really live.
I think people forget how important it is
to just, like...
Stare at a wall sometimes.
What do you mean, "really live"?
[Mia laughs]
yeah.
Yeah, how stupid.
I mean, what does that even mean?
Hey, look at the moon.
When I was little, I
prayed to go to the moon.
I, um...
I was more of a sun person myself.
I was scared of the dark.
I was a scaredy-cat.
[Distant owl hoots]
mia: hey, you can really hear the ocean.
[Distant dogs barking]
[waves breaking]
[woman humming]
[door opens]
what is it? [Wind blowing]
[glass breaking]
mia: it doesn't matter.
[Wind blowing]
[birds chirping]
[wood squeaks]
mia: there's a spare bed in here.
I'll get you a pillow.
[Ambient knocks]
[distant motor running]
mia: you ok?
[Distant motor running continues]
eve: hey, um... I'm gonna go.
I think the trains will
be running again soon.
[Loud vacuuming]
eva [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
bella [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
eva [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
eva [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
bella [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
bella [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
a ghost?
Bella [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[train squeaks]
[flute and piano music plays]
[train squeaks continue]
[train rumbles]
[flute and piano music continues]
eva's mom [speaking russian]
eva [speaking russian]
eva's mom [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
you know that the other day I had
a dream about leonardo dicaprio?
Yeah.
I've never dreamt about him before.
And that same night, a guy in my class
watched that dumb film
'catch me if you can'.
[Speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
hmm?
Mum.
Hmm.
[Speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
silk.
[Speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[indistinct distant chatter]
[fabric rustling]
eva's mom [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[wind blowing]
[static sound]
[strong winds blowing]
[waves breaking]
[wind fades]
[applause]
eva: yeah, my, my intention was to
capture this woman's inner world.
Um...
Both the frailty of her body
at this point in time.
Um, but also, like, the...
The freedom of her imagination.
So I tried to use sounds
of the ocean, for that, but
don't know if it worked.
Yeah, no, it's good.
I think you've got, you know,
a really good eye for detail.
I would wonder, though,
is this more of a
portrait of, of-of yourself
or of the subject?
Uh...
It's impression. So it's...
It's about finding somewhere between,
between reality and interpretation.
Yeah. Um...
I mean, we've been talking
a fair bit in this class about
the ethics of subjective portrayals.
And I think that's a
really interesting thing
with documentary work.
Um, look, even though this
is a documentary module,
everything that you learn here
is gonna be really helpful
for your final-year projects.
[Flute music plays]
eva: was that guy your boyfriend?
Mia: no.
What about you? Have you got anyone?
Eva: no. Mia: are you in love?
Eva: no.
I've never been with
someone that I was in love with.
[Waves breaking]
actually, I fall in
love all the time, but...
It's never with like a real person.
I guess it's kind of childish.
I don't think so.
Not necessarily.
You're a romantic.
Like all the 'not boring' people.
Maybe.
Are you?
Yeah, I think so.
I think it's the only thing
that truly changes someone.
Falling in love with some freak.
[Flute music fades]
[loud waves breaking]
[waves continue]
we should make something together.
You could act in it.
Mia: yeah, why not?
Hey, you could stay in that
spare room if you wanted.
At least for a little while.
Really?
Mia: yeah. There's all that space.
If it can help you.
I mean, I could use the company.
Eva: I can pay for it.
Oh, don't worry about it.
Okay.
[Magical bell and harp music plays]
[laughter]
[magical harp music continues]
[piano plays]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
eva: sorry, I'm coming!
Eva's dad [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
eva: coming! Coming, coming.
[Speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
eva's dad [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
I don't believe it.
Eva's mom [speaking russian]
50% off.
[Speaking russian]
it was meant to be.
Eva's dad: ohh...
Eva's mom [speaking russian]
eva's dad [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[laughter]
eva's mom [speaking russian]
eva [speaking russian]
eva's mom [speaking russian]
eva[speaking russian]
[cars passing]
[alternative rock music plays]
eva: hey. Mia: morning.
I totally slept in. I'm
gonna be late for class.
Hey.
I was thinking tonight that I could umm...
I could take you out for,
like, a martini or something.
I've got class.
Mia: you are living in the
iron grip of an institution.
You can resist.
Unshackle yourself from
the shackles of the patriarchy
or whatever.
[Alternative rock music continues]
well,
work is sl*very.
Progress is death and destruction.
So, um... What's left?
Eva: doing nothing. [Chuckles]
[alternative rock music fades]
[birds chirping]
eva: you look great.
You're very beautiful.
[Cars passing]
the thing with beauty is...
Being at ease with yourself, right?
When you're nervous, all the
muscles on your face tense up
and you look all wrong.
[Birds chirping]
there's something relaxing
about being filmed too.
[Cars passing]
I think it's
not being in control.
I like being in control, but
maybe it's good to lose control too.
Gets you out of your thoughts.
Eva: what do you mean?
When I
remember things from the past,
I remember what I thought.
But I wish I could remember
the weather,
details of people's faces,
the way that the air tasted.
Just...
More of the world,
less of myself.
Then, I think, you'd see more of yourself.
[Busy city noise]
it's weird to think that
you don't know yourself.
[Distant sirens wailing]
what am I saying?
[Voice rewinding sounds]
[synth music builds]
mia [v.o.]: It's weird to think that
you don't know yourself.
[Mouse clicks]
[synth music continues]
mia [v.o.]: What am I saying?
[Synth music continues]
[mouse clicks]
eva [v.o.]: "The blessed
spirits are not at rest
in their graves,
but wander solicitous of
the affairs of the world."
[Mouse clicks]
[synth music fades]
[light static]
[squishy gelatin sound]
[gasp]
that is so embarrassing.
I'm sure it's fine.
[Light static continues]
[background indistinct chatter]
what do you think of this one?
Uh...
[Laughter]
I like it.
Why? Is it yours?
Robert: no. I'm a psychiatrist.
And...
An appreciator, I guess.
You?
Eva: an appreciator.
Psychiatry must be interesting.
Robert: not as interesting as it may seem.
You'd probably learn more
about the human mind from
reading russian novels.
Eva: did you just guess that I was russian?
Robert: no, I didn't.
Were you born there?
No.
So I don't speak it as well as I'd like to.
I've been a few times.
-Really?
-Mm-hm.
I even managed to
sneak in there in the '80s,
in my student years.
Whoa.
What made you want to go there?
Umm, bit of a cliche, but...
Dostoevsky.
I loved him as a young man.
Now, I'd probably gravitate
more towards tolstoy.
Which man do you prefer?
Um...
Uhh... [Indistinct woman exclaiming]
oh. Excuse me. [Indistinct woman continues]
[woman breathing slowly]
[gentle wood squeaks]
[woman exhales heavily]
[gentle wood squeaks continue]
[woman inhales heavily]
[woman exhales heavily]
[gentle wood squeaks continue]
[woman inhales heavily]
[distant footsteps]
[woman exhales heavily]
[distant footsteps]
[woman inhales heavily]
[woman exhales heavily]
[gentle wood squeaks continue]
[woman inhales heavily]
[breathing stops abruptly]
[slow jazz plays] [high heels clacking]
eva: mia.
Hey.
Eva: i...
I loved that.
Mia: hmm.
[High heels clacking]
eva: are you ok?
Mia: mm.
Eva: yeah?
Mia: yeah. Eva: you should be so happy.
Mia: yeah, I overheard these
two women say that, um...
It was self-indulgent, or
narcissistic, or something.
Eva: oh, they don't know
what they're talking about.
It was so good.
Bell: hey. Mia: mm...
Hey, bell.
I'm sorry I got held up.
I didn't expect to see my f*ck' dad here.
Oh, weird. He's here?
Yeah.
Creeping about, somewhere.
[Slow jazz continues]
[indistinct chatter]
hey, I'm eva.
Hi. I'm, I'm bell. Nice to meet you.
Eva: would you like a drink? Bell: umm...
Eva: yes?
-I'm all good, actually. Um...
-Oh, okay.
Bell: I'll be back in a sec. Sorry.
[Slow jazz continues]
[distant siren wailing]
[footsteps approaching]
[suspenseful flute music plays]
[distant dogs barking]
[suspenseful flute gets
accompanied by piano music]
[distant siren wailing] [crickets chirping]
[suspenseful music continues]
[grass rustling] [crickets chirping]
[crows cawing]
[suspenseful music continues]
bell: mia.
Have I done something?
[Cars passing]
mia: I don't want to see you anymore.
[Cars honking and passing]
[distant siren wailing]
bell: why?
[Distant siren wailing]
bell: you're full of sh*t.
[Cars passing]
[train passing by]
[birds chirping]
[fabric rustling]
[cars passing]
[metal crashing]
eva [vo]: "look at the moon."
"When I was little, I
prayed to go to the moon."
[Metal crashing and clinking]
[distant power drill buzzing]
[metal crashing and
clinking] [distant siren wailing]
[chime hits]
[cars passing]
[eva blowing]
[door creaks]
eva: mia?
[Knocks on door]
[distant cars passing]
[distant motorcycles passing]
[wood squeaks]
[glass clanking]
[wood squeaks]
[distant siren wailing] [cars honking]
[indistinct chatter]
yeah, besides you.
Guest #1: yeah, they've
been there to make it.
And some were successful, and some weren't.
Eva: yeah.
Guest #3: oh yeah, so
like, so this like bitter energy
was like boiling in the house over time.
And it's just like this
sharing thing, like,
it just becomes way too
much. Like, everyone is just
up in each other's grill.
The confusing thing is,
like, I love community,
but it's actually just really
hard when it comes down to it.
I think there could be a
way to distribute the work.
Mia: sharing can also be
kind of vain, don't you think?
Like, cooking dinner for
someone or giving them a gift.
Guest #3: yeah. Mia: it can be a vain act,
I think.
People get pleasure from
being seen as a generous person.
But that's overcomplicating
it a bit. I think people just...
Mia: I think that people
don't really know themselves.
Yeah, I think it's true.
I think we can be so unpenetrable.
Impenetrable?
Guest #4: well, I've
decided to refashion myself
as a corporate f*ck.
I'm gonna start buying
shares and f*cking do this sh*t.
Guest #5: okay. [Chuckles]
guest #2: and what're you gonna do?
Guest #4: I don't know.
We're all sucking corporate
d*ck anyway.
Might as well do it in style. [Laughter]
guest #2: that's true. [Laughter]
guest #4: he's trying to
make up a name. He's like...
Thank you so much.
Mia: you're welcome.
Guest #5: yeah, let's do it.
Guest #1: get julius back.
Guest #3: mmm, we'll
work to get julius back.
[Vomiting] [water splashing]
[distant indistinct chatter]
[heavy breathing]
impenetrable.
[Deeper voice] impenetrable...
[Heavy breathing]
[distant party music plays]
[distant party music continues]
[distant party music continues]
[distant party music continues]
[distant party music stops]
eva: are you like angry at me?
Sorry.
I'm just like,
lonely.
[Indie music plays]
[indie music continues]
you're such a mess.
You're so...
You're such a mess.
So much suffer...
Lost in the...
Lost in the crowd.
Lost in the...
[Indie music continues]
lost in...
Lost in the crowd.
Lost in our cultures.
[Indie music continues]
[indie music fades]
she's, she's like full of life.
And, it's perfect.
It, it really shows on screen.
And so the film will be more like a,
kind of like a series of moments,
like a series of tableaus.
Um...
That create, like a...
A mood.
Like create different emotions.
Like an experimental portrait?
Eva: yeah.
Great.
And what's it gonna be about?
Um...
[Distant steps]
professor: I would, you
know just uhh, remind you
that, you know, this is gonna
be your final-year project.
And I think sometimes the best
projects at the end of the year
are ones that are really clear
about what they're trying to say.
It is a cliche, but to break
away from conventions
you do have to have a
really good grasp of them.
Eva [whispering]: 129.
131...
[Light static]
eva's mom [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
eva [speaking russian]
I think I'm fine, really.
Eva's mom [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[laughter]
and how's mia?
Oh yeah, I haven't seen her
in a few days.
Eva's mom: mmm.
[Speaking russian]
eva's mom [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[busy city noises]
[distant power drill buzzing]
[door opens]
[wood squeak]
[wind blowing]
[wood squeaks]
[metal scratches]
[distant cars passing]
[metal scratches continue]
[birds chirping]
[car engine rumbling]
[birds continue chirping]
[car engine rumbling fades]
[wind blowing]
eva [v.o.]: "E sleeps all the time."
"She is like a plant."
"She is strong because she is simple."
"I am a bloodsucker and
feed on her admiration."
"Friendship is vanity."
"To move into the realm of the natural law
where I know something other than myself."
"A plant moves towards the sun."
[Car engine rumbling]
[birds chirping]
[window opens]
eva: hey.
Bell: hey. What's up?
Eva: what are you doing here?
What are you doing here?
Is mia home?
Eva: um, no.
I was just borrowing a book.
Right.
You live here now?
Yeah.
Just for a little while at least.
Cool.
Do you want a drink?
Uhh, sure.
Eva: I haven't seen mia in a few days.
Do you know where she could be?
Bell: no idea.
Maybe working at her studio.
Oh, I didn't know she had a studio.
Bell: yeah, it's one of those studio spaces
above the flower shop on nicholson street.
Eva: do you know who owns this house?
No.
So, you're studying?
Yeah.
You know, I want to make a film, actually.
You study film, right?
Mmm.
Bell: I have this idea for a film.
It would be taking a look
at our twisted relationship
with property in this country.
Like, 'cause a house is
supposed to be a shelter
but in reality it's this commodity
like, conspicuous consumption, etc, etc.
I don't know, maybe I'm too lazy.
Eva: I read this george
orwell essay that said
that the real motivation
for writing or whatever,
is to get back at your childhood bullies.
Bell: well, I was a bully.
So maybe I don't have any ambition.
Sorry?
Bell: you know, I'm a
white guy. Who gives a f*ck?
I think it's more complicated than that.
Bell: you reckon?
Yeah.
Bell: why should the
oppressor be generating more sh*t?
I don't think that you're the oppressor.
You sure about that?
You like marvin gaye?
You know he was k*lled by
his father, marvin gaye sr?
-Really?
-Yeah.
-That's crazy.
-Yeah, it's cooked.
What is it?
A bit of fluff.
Oh.
Hey, it was nice talking to you.
Oh, yeah, you too.
Um, do you want to get a coffee sometime?
Yeah. Okay, yeah. Yeah, cool.
Cool. I'll see you later.
Okay.
[Distant indistinct chatter and shouting]
[distant car honking]
[distant indistinct chatter
and shouting continue]
[suspenseful music plays]
[suspenseful music continues]
[footsteps on gravel]
[busy metro noise]
[suspenseful music continues]
[suspenseful music continues]
[suspenseful music continues]
[suspenseful music continues]
[crickets chirping]
[distant dogs barking]
mia: I had a dream about eva.
She was sitting in her room.
I was under the bed.
So i...
Started to sing to get her attention.
[Suspenseful music stops]
[dogs barking]
but she didn't turn around.
She used to call me a little bug.
She was the beautiful one.
I know my mum thought that.
[Suspenseful music plays]
she never second-guessed herself.
Focus on my fingers.
Follow my fingers.
I want to grow
to be inside of things,
and everywhere
at the same time.
Therapist: deeper and deeper.
Let your feet grow deep,
like the roots of an old tree.
Your limbs become the slithering vines
of a thick canopy.
Your voice becomes versatile,
like that of the lyrebird,
the voice of another
echoing in empty space.
[Suspenseful music stops]
[crickets chirping]
[wind blowing]
eva: hey, wait for me.
Wait up.
[Wind continues blowing]
[birds chirping]
[birds continue chirping]
eva: mia. Hey.
When did you get in?
I dozed off, I didn't hear you.
What are you doing?
Mia: photosynthesis.
Eva: really?
Mia: I'm sorry I've been absent.
Eva: what have you been up to?
Mia: just,
working on something.
Eva: what is it?
[Birds continue chirping]
isn't it amazing?
The green rose.
It was discovered in china in the 1800s.
It developed from a kind of mutation,
where leaves grow instead of petals.
Eva: yeah, it's quite weird.
Mia: I can't really talk about it yet.
What are you doing now?
Mia: um, just got some things to do.
Eva: oh hey, I had some ideas for the film
that I wanted to talk to you about.
Mia: yeah, maybe later, okay?
[Light rumbling]
[door opens]
[woman humming]
[woman continues humming]
[wood squeaking] [humming stops]
[sad flute music plays]
[sad flute music stops]
[footsteps on wood]
eva: I was just going to the bathroom.
Background #1: seems
I am in the right place...
Student: so do you know
what you'll do for the
final-year thing, or?
Eva: um...
[Indistinct chatter]
I'm still sort of figuring it out.
Yeah.
Do you know what you're gonna do?
Yeah. Yep. I'm gonna do, um, a slasher.
A lone abattoir cleaner seeks revenge.
Yeah.
Revenge for what?
You'll have... You'll have
to see the film to find out.
Sounds good.
Um, who's sh**ting yours?
I think I'm gonna sh**t it myself.
Student: like a low-key kind of thing?
Yeah. I'm into that.
Background #2: gonna
just chuck this little led on.
What do you guys reckon?
Student: a lot of people are going kind of
crazy with budgets.
It's like a student film.
Taking all the fun out of
it. And, like, I don't know.
Not really...
Not really having a laugh.
And if you're not really
having a laugh, then...
You ok?
Yeah.
Yeah, just a bit dizzy.
Student: true. Here.
Thanks.
Hey, do you think that ghosts are a thing?
Yeah, I believe it.
Did you like, see one?
Bell: it's meant to
get really hot this arvo.
Eve: yeah, these heatwaves freak me out.
Bell: yeah.
Alright, just start with half.
It's not gonna be hectic, I promise.
You know, it'll take you
out of yourself a little bit,
which is good.
You need this kind of
stuff for like material.
Eva: have you known mia for very long?
Bell: not really.
Eva: she's kind of hard to get to know.
Bell: yeah, she's a f*ck' lunatic.
Eva: no, she's not.
I don't really want to talk about her.
Eva: sorry.
Bell: it's fine.
[Birds chirping]
[eva and bell laughing]
[pigeons cooing]
[pigeons continue cooing]
oh.
[Pigeons continue cooing]
[unintelligible language]
[birds chirping]
[unintelligible language continues]
[hands rubbing]
[unintelligible language continues]
[hands rubbing continues]
[unintelligible language continues]
[shower running]
[shower continues running]
[shower continues running]
[shower running gradually fades]
bella [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
I don't really care about nostalgia.
[Speaking russian]
eva [speaking russian]
bella [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
bella [speaking russian]
mmm...
[Speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
are you joking?
Bella [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[distant thunder rolls]
[ominous music plays]
mia: my feet sink into the ground.
My voice echoes in the void.
Not limbs, but petals and leaves.
Here at the edge of life,
death doesn't touch me.
[Ominous music continues]
here at the edge of life,
death doesn't touch me.
Eva: mia?
[Ominous music continues]
[ominous music stops]
eva: mia.
Can I get you something?
Can I get you a glass of water?
[Soothing music plays]
[birds chirping]
[soothing music continues]
[soothing music fades]
thanks for doing this.
Mia: no, I'm curious.
[Soothing music plays] [birds chirping]
horse trainer: horses have the ability to
present mirrors to our inner selves.
They are attuned to human behavior,
having grown to understand
us through so many centuries
of being in our service.
What we are hoping to achieve
by the end of this session
is a step or two towards acceptance.
Eva: hey, I'm gonna film, if that's ok?
That's fine, darling.
Take three deep breaths for me.
Horse trainer: sometimes
we arrive here in conflict,
fighting with ourselves.
Her actions reflect what
is going on inside you.
She's walking away now,
but don't feel rejected.
She wants to tell you something
about you as you are right now.
Now, try to establish a
connection again for me.
Mia: hi.
Hello.
[Horse neighing]
horse trainer: ok, stefanie.
Ok. [Horse neighing continues]
ok, my darling.
W-hey. Ok. [Horse neighing continues]
there is a deep current of energy here.
Perhaps something from the past.
Perhaps grief.
A spirit that won't lie to rest.
Can we take a break?
[Melancholy music plays]
eva: mia, that woman
seemed to know something.
[Melancholy music stops]
something's not right.
[Wind blowing]
not just now, like all the time.
You stay up.
And you wait.
Do you wait for her?
You're a spy?
Eva: I was worried.
I was worried about you.
Leave me alone.
[Birds chirping]
[melancholy music plays]
[wind blowing]
[melancholy music gradually fades]
[knocks]
eva's mom [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[eva groans]
[both growl playfully]
[speaking russian]
we'll transfer a little bit of money.
[Speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
eva's mom [speaking russian]
mia doesn't want to do it anymore.
Eva's mom [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
you have to do something.
Family friend [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
oh.
Oh...
Family friend: m...
[Speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
family freind [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
family friend [speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[speaking russian]
[women humming]
family friend [speaking russian]
eva [speaking russian]
[distorted wind]
[wind blowing] [birds chirping]
[cars passing]
[distant siren wailing]
[birds chirping]
[cars continue passing]
[cars continue passing]
[birds continue chirping]
[car passing nearby]
[door opens]
eva: hello. Hi! Therapist: hello...
Um. Um...
My friend mia comes here,
and I've been trying to find her.
I haven't been able to find her.
At first I thought that she
just didn't want to talk to me,
but it's been like, like several weeks and
everyone is just acting
like it's totally fine.
And I just... I think that's quite strange.
Do you know where she is?
No, I don't know where she's gone.
Eva: she hasn't said anything?
Therapist: sorry, I can't talk about mia.
That's client confidentiality.
Why did she come here?
Therapist: often people
come here looking for something.
Something other than themselves.
That's been my lifelong area of research.
Listen, mia's just a bit
impulsive like that sometimes.
It's not on you. Don't worry about it.
Come on, don't you want to
schmooze with some rich c**ts?
What are you implying?
Bell: I'm just joking.
It'll be an anthropological experience.
You know, good for material.
I'm really trying with
my dad at the moment.
And he's trying as well, and...
Robert: did I tell you
that eva's family is from.
St. Petersburg?
Lilian: oh no, beautiful.
Oh, we loved it there.
And what do you do, eva?
Eva: I study film.
Lilian: you study film?
Eva: yes, film.
Lilian: oh gosh, how interesting.
Eva: what do you do?
Well, I used to teach.
But, I'm mainly doing
volunteering work these days.
Lillian also paints.
Eva: oh, cool.
Just as a hobby.
Yeah, I also actually
wanted to go into the arts.
I wanted to write, but dad
passed away when I was young
and I saw it as my duty to make a living.
Eva: your work is creative.
To a certain extent, yeah.
Still, I envy young people.
Yes, I think young people these days
do have more opportunities in that sense.
You know, more information.
I grew up in the country. And,
you know, when I was young,
I didn't really know what was out there.
Mmm.
Yeah,
I don't know about that, lillian.
Lilian: what do you mean?
Well, as if you even choose
that much in the end, you know?
It's like that, that
classic capitalist thing
that people say to make you
feel like you can do anything
when really, you just can't.
Maybe you just didn't have any talent.
It's quite possible.
May I use the bathroom?
Lilian: sure.
It's just down the hall on the left.
[Birds chirping]
eva: oh sorry, I was
looking for the bathroom.
No, no, no. It's fine.
Eva: I got distracted.
-That's fine.
I didn't mean to surprise you.
Um, feel free to take a look around.
Robert and I collect a bit.
You know, over the years.
I have to confess that i...
I enjoy it on a mostly instinctual level.
Right.
I just love the textures and shapes.
Eva: mmm.
Lilian: oh, this one.
This one's really fun.
It's uh, it's meant to be about memory.
Makes me think of,
the tunnels of the mind or something.
I just find it relaxing to be here, really.
Even just to think how all
these people made these things.
It's very moving, really.
[Strong wind blowing]
oh darling, are you alright?
[Strong wind continues blowing]
lilian: shall we step
outside and get some air?
[Woman humming]
mia [v.o.]: This rich
guy is letting me stay here.
Eva: mia!
Listen.
I've been thinking about you.
What's wrong?
What did I do?
I know something about you.
You're afraid.
You're afraid and you've
put yourself in a cage,
and you've hidden from everyone.
And you don't really live,
not really.
It's all an act.
It's all a big phony act with you.
What?
What did I say?
Can you hear yourself?
You little lunatic.
You've gotten yourself confused, darling.
Let me tell you about you.
All you care about is being liked.
You think you believe in equality,
but you weigh people up on a scale
of being either better or worse than you.
How could you be free like that?
Trying to please everyone.
You're the one in a cage.
The real coward.
Mia.
Mia, I didn't mean that.
I don't...
I actually, I didn't mean any of that.
I don't know why I said that.
Mia.
Mia, please.
Please.
Please, mia, I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry. Please forgive me, mia.
I'm so sorry. Please don't leave me.
[Wind blowing]
mia: don't touch me.
[Train rumbling]
[indistinct chatter]
[phone rings]
[bar music plays]
[door shuts]
[indistinct chatter]
do you know where mia is?
Robert: she's a strange girl, isn't she?
Do you know where she is?
Why did you want to talk to me?
Robert: it's hard.
It's, uh, it's very hard
to say anything clearly.
I helped her.
It's hard to explain. Um...
I was dazzled.
She has this energy...
This, uh, desire...
I think, at least, it seemed to me.
Like a mirage.
Wait.
Eva: what? I don't really understand.
[Bar music continues]
robert: I have,
noticed this contradictory phenomenon
in idealistic people.
An inverted desire for life,
is a desire for death itself.
Do you understand?
[Bar music continues]
[clubhouse music plays]
[indistinct chatter and moaning]
eva: mia?
Sorry.
Eva: hey.
Party guest: oh,
hey. Eva: eva, mia's friend.
Party guest: yeah.
Eva: have you seen her?
Party guest: um yeah,
actually, I think I saw her just before.
[People laughing] [indistinct chatter]
[clubhouse music continues]
[indistinct chatter continues]
[laughter]
[clubhouse music fades]
[crickets chirping]
mia: I dreamed I climbed upon a cliff.
My sister's hand in mine.
A girl came down a mountainside.
With bluebells in her hand.
[Strong wind blowing]
[distant metal clanking] [birds chirping]
[strong wind continues blowing]
[cars passing]
my gentle coconut.
[Calming electro music plays]
[soft wind blowing]
[calming electro music continues]
[rainforest insects chirping]
[rainforest insects continue chirping]
[calming electro music continues]
eva: thank you.
[Calming electro music continues]
[birds chirping]
receptionist: thank
you for staying with us.
Have a nice day.
Hi. Can I help you?
Hi. Um, yes.
Uh, I have a friend
who's staying here, I think.
And I was wondering if
you could tell me if she was?
Mmm, what is her name?
Her name's mia.
Mia.
I have a photo of her.
I'm not sure if you recognize her.
She might have been staying
here the last few weeks.
Umm, that's her there.
[Light flute music plays]
mia: I've been staying here
while I work and do my research.
Eva: your research?
Mia: I've been able to look.
Like, really look at things.
Ferns, flowers.
I come here every day.
[Rainforest insects chirping]
they know when you're close.
And they know when you leave.
[Birds chirping]
mia: this is the green rose.
Looking at her you learn that
what's important is movement,
to stay in motion.
People are obsessed with death.
But a flower opens up her heart to the sun.
That's how we can be.
That's how, that's how I want to be.
[Rainforest insects continue chirping]
[birds continue chirping]
[rainforest insects continue chirping]
[birds continue chirping]
[rainforest insects continue chirping]
female voice: eva.
Eva...
[Birds continue chirping]
[rainforest insects continue chirping]
[rainforest insects continue chirping]
[flies buzzing]
female voice [v.o.]: Eva.
[Birds continue chirping]
[leaves rustling]
[rainforest insects continue chirping]
[rainforest insects
and birds chirping stops]
[silent]
[rainforest insects and birds chirping]
mia: eva?
I lost you for a second.
You look like you've seen a ghost.
I think I have.
Mia: what did it want?
Nothing.
Nothing at all.
[Magical bell ringing]
eva: oh!
[Classical piano plays] [chuckles]
[indistinct chatter]
[classical piano continues]
eva: to you.
Mia: to you.
[Classical piano continues]
[distant crickets chirping]
here.
Have this.
Really?
Mia: yeah, yeah have it.
[Classical piano continues]
thank you.
You know, I feel happy.
I actually feel happy.
Mia: you feel happy? Eva: yeah.
Do you?
Maybe.
Maybe I feel happy.
Eva: let's drink to that.
Okay.
[Classical piano continues]
[crickets chirping continues]
["mia's song" by edquist,
e. And bowles, j. Plays]
I dreamed I climbed upon a cliff.
My sister's hand in mine.
A girl ran down the mountainside.
With bluebells in her hand.
I asked the valley for her name.
But wakened not yet knowing
if the name she bore
were my sister's name,
or if it were my own.
[Waves breaking]
[wind blowing]
["mia's song" by edquist,
e. And bowles, j. Fades]
[waves breaking continues]
[wind continues]
[waves breaking continues]
[wind continues]
[wind continues]
[waves breaking continues]
[water gently splashing]
[wind continues]
[wind continues]
[waves breaking and wind gradually fade]
[silence]
[light wind blowing]
[leaves rustling]
[classical piano plays]
[classical piano continues]
[classical piano continues]
[classical piano continues]
[classical piano continues]
[classical piano continues]
[classical piano continues]
[classical piano continues]
[classical piano continues]
[classical piano continues]
[classical piano continues]
[classical piano continues]
[classical piano continues]
[classical piano continues]
[classical piano gradually fades]
[silence]
[silence continues]
[silence continues]
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