OMBRA
2026
Experimental Short Psychological Thriller Horror Introspective Experimental, Feature, Short, Other
Synopsis
OMBRA is an experimental art short film by Monica Marioni that functions as a non-linear "psychic crossing" through the Jungian unconscious. Following a "spiraling poetics," the work repeats a cycle of symbolic visions in three acts—descent, repetition, and agony—intensifying the protagonist's loss of free will as dictated by the relentless, mechanical rhythm of a metronome. Within the living organism of a mysterious "Villa," the protagonist encounters archetypal figures such as the heart-collecting liquid Shadow and the vulnerable Divine Child. While the "Magic Garden" offers a brief, deceptive illusion of peace, the journey accelerates toward a final collapse where the screen claustrophobically contracts into a 4:3 format to reflect the fragmentation of the psyche. This descent culminates in the devastating realization that the Shadow is an internal double, leading to a "definitive stasis" where the light is extinguished, leaving only the title to linger for nine seconds as a final reflection of the void.
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