Are We Really Done? (2017)

Emotional and Graceful

At first I was a little distracted by the amateur filming style and quality, but the plot took me away from this distraction and blossomed into something that made me tear up.

In general I am a sucker for the idea of ¨is this really over?¨ ¨is everything we had really gone?¨ and this concept attached to the trope of childhood friends???????? Absolutely not, I was totally targetted and am now completely destroyed.

Fortunately, this is a quick and touching watch - it´s not sad like you might have misinterpreted from the statement I made above, but it is emotional.

Overall, this short film is super well done even if some of the shots were a little awkwardly shot or poorly lit because the story is awesome and the actors performed beautifully as well.

Highly suggested that you watch this - the link to it on YouTube can be found in my notes about this film.

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Low budget lesbian short film about the end of a relationship

Why is it that no one ever finishes their food in fiction? That is a real question I have, but it is not at all the central question in this short film which manages to tell a lot with few dialogue lines and few scenes.
'Are we really done?' is a little short film that is queer without being a rom-com. It's centre point is the question in its title 'are we really done?' Are the two best friends who were dating in all but name in high school, who were always together, and who might have thought that this time would never end, are they done? Is their history over? Is that time in their life, this shared romantic moment over? It does not have time to develop this to a very large extent because of the low budget and short runtime, but it provides one answer. It uses flashbacks quite well to give us their backstory in few words and the actresses do a good job at sharing with their eyes everything that is left unsaid. Both asking the title question and answering it.

The production quality is lower than might be expected from Korean short films which usually have very high production values, but it's also nice to see more amateurish productions. The filming and directing is decent if simple. The sound is sadly too low throughout which can be a bit annoying and the editing could be better. But overall, this is a very decent short film and one that I would recommend you watch if you have 10min and want something else than the traditional romcom short film.

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