In Absentia
Directed by Stephen Quay, Timothy QuayA woman sits alone on a chair at a table in a room on one of the top floors of an asylum. Bright spot lights dot the night, sometimes shining on her window. She sharpens pencils and writes on a page in a copy book. The pencil point often breaks under her fingers' force. She places broken points outside the window on the sill. A satanic figure is somewhere nearby, animated but of straw or clay, not flesh. She finishes her writing, tears the paper from the pad, folds it, places it in an envelope, and slips it through a slot. Is she writing to her husband? "Sweetheart, come."
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In Absentia was released on 21 October 2000.
In Absentia was directed by Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay.
In Absentia has a runtime of 20m.
In Absentia was produced by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Keith Griffiths.
A woman sits alone on a chair at a table in a room on one of the top floors of an asylum. Bright spot lights dot the night, sometimes shining on her window. She sharpens pencils and writes on a page in a copy book. The pencil point often breaks under her fingers' force. She places broken points outside the window on the sill. A satanic figure is somewhere nearby, animated but of straw or clay, not flesh. She finishes her writing, tears the paper from the pad, folds it, places it in an envelope, and slips it through a slot. Is she writing to her husband? "Sweetheart, come."
The key characters in In Absentia are Woman (Marlene Kaminsky), Female voice (Kathinka Pasveer), Male voice (Karlheinz Stockhausen).
In Absentia is rated U.
In Absentia is an Animation, Short film.
In Absentia has an audience rating of 8.9 out of 10.