, 2010, 6 minutes
Colour, Sound
The Coat depicts a dramatic love triangle between two brothers obsessed with the game of sudoku and a beautiful young woman from east Germany. As the story unfolds the viewer is entwined in the turbulent romance between the woman and the younger British brother, who for the past seven years has visited her behind his brother's back. The younger British brother suggests she goes to LA with him, but by the time she is convinced he finds himself in the middle of a hard and challenging sudoku game and is unable to leave. Will he ever go to LA? Will his older American brother ever forgive him after their terrible secret is revealed? This colorful tragedy combines a wide range of effects and devices to tell it's story. It acknowledges and flirts with the cinematic dream, the idea of seduction and the visual representation of happiness. By the end of the short it appears the characters have all reached a deadly dark conclusion, but for some, death is not necessarily the end…
Themes:
Narrative