Final Year Project

Project Title

Ravi

Description

This short film was based on my research question: how do abandonment issues develop during childhood, and how do they make one more prone to staying in abusive relationships? Entirely based on monologues, it delves into the internal world of a 23 year old girl who has come back to therapy after breaking up with her partner. Having survived long-term emotional abuse, she blames herself for much of her partner's behaviours. Struggling with an immense fear of loss, her slow poison is her desperate need to cling to her partner, to prevent the painful feelings that accompany it. Towards the end, we realise how it's the details she neglects to mention that have impacted her deeply her whole life: as a child witnessing her parents fight, and as an adult re-enacting similar patterns in her own relationships.