‘Consent’ is well-done Australian short film with open ending
Today at the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, the Fort Myers Film Festival is screening a number of Hot Shorts beginning at 6:00 p.m. Among them is an Australian film by the name of Consent.
The film was previewed during Thank God for Indie Mondays, where it received the audience’s recommendation. The tagline states, “After meeting online, a woman allows a virtual stranger into her home to fulfill an agreement.” What the tag doesn’t say (spoiler alert) is that her sister committed suicide and now, bereft and depressed, she wants to die too. But she cannot put her parents through a second suicide. Hence, the agreement with the handsome young man who answers her online call for help.
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irected by Clare and Jasmine Sladden, Consent stars Sonya Suares and Jesse Velik. Sonya Suares (pictured) was born on February 24, 1978 in Melbourne, Australia. She is an actress, known for Knowing (2009), Last Ride (2009) and My Year Without Sex (2009). Jesse Velik is an actor and writer, known for The Coin (2010), Pawno (2015) and Belle Vue (2016).
This film is cinematically well done. Clare Sladden also served as screenwriter and co-producer and, to her credit, she left the ending ambiguous and open to interpretation. Consent is one of those films that encourages lively post-viewing discussion. It airs along with local favorite Three Wishes, Murder Springs: Chapter One, 126 Seconds, Man’s Best Friend, The Wedding Ceremony and The Stairs.
March 11, 2017.
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About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.