CinemaOSMovie · 2000 · 0h 20m

In Absentia

65%(28)IMDbAnimation

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."

Directed byTimothy Quay, Stephen Quay

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 20m
Language
EN
Released
October 21, 2000
Studios
BBCPipeline FilmsKoninck Studios

Featuring

Cast & crew

3 credited
Starring
Marlene Kaminsky

Marlene Kaminsky

Woman

Kathinka Pasveer

Female voice

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Male voice

Creative team
Directed by
Timothy Quay
Timothy Quay
Stephen Quay
Stephen Quay
Produced by
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Keith Griffiths
Keith Griffiths

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