United States of America / 2024 / Fiction, Experimental / 8’2”I2505577
While unpacking in a seemingly new house, Tuhaf accidentally witnesses the abuse of an eight-year-old boy living next door. Succumbing to her fears of conflict and neighborly backlash, Tuhaf chooses to close her curtains and ignore this horror. Throughout the film, certain events including the boy unfold, and we discover that the timeline presented to us hasn’t been quite linear. Instead, it is an echo of the protagonist’s mind on the brink of death, much like the Emily Dickinson poem that inspired the title (I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain). Tuhaf finally grapples with the truth she’s been trying so hard to avoid: once your immorality has been observed, even by your own conscience, there is no escape from guilt.
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