Retrieval

Retrieval

17 min

RETRIEVAL is a lyrical short film that explores the process of a soul retrieval in the aftermath of sexual assault - the spiritual undertaking of bringing back a part of your soul that has been traumatically separated. Holding the line between magic, fantasy, and grounded reality, the film asks the question: what sight of miraculous intervention do we need to conduct to seam together such a violent rupture?

Directed by Fatimah Asghar · Written by Fatimah Asghar

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Fatimah Asghar Woman In Red/ Younger Self
Génesis Mancheren Abaj Body Double

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