Somewhere (2018)

Trivia

Paul Muresan about the film:
“Ceva” tells a story about meeting one’s self and one’s shadow in a place where there is finally enough time for such an encounter - the land of the dead. The story starts at the end of life, when a coffin closes and a new journey begins, as a vehicle brings the main character into a state of disturbing tranquility.
As the character sets on his path, he encounters his shadow represented in the form of his dead self. As the two meet and touch, a series of unsettling sensations are supposed to make it all the more obvious that there is something subconsciously linking the characters. They will start a journey, not a physical one, rather a symbolic trip to discover where home might be after death and whoinhabits it. When the characters touch with consent, images appear in a peaceful transition, but when one abuses the shadow to discover more than what was originally shown, their newly found relationship starts falling apart. Thus, the main character must find a way to coexist with his shadow, with his subconscious, if he wants to find his eternal peace. The story does not try to give an answer to whether or not there is life after death, but is an attempt to make the viewer more aware of a darker, more subconscious side of life, accessible through meeting one’s “shadow”. Symbols such as the empty house or the pair of black funeral shoes are meant to make the landmarks of the trip into one’s darkness more accessible, as the main character has to give up thoughts of physical death in order to reach a state of spiritual birth.”