To Anyone Who Can Hear Me

Synopsis

To Anyone Who Can Hear Me is a magical, vivid and poetic exploration of damaged human relationships. Nine passengers on a train must confront their fears, solitude and emotional emptiness. Each passenger has a different direction and all of them have something in common - their impotence to deal with their own emotions.


The story aims to establish a conversation with the audience about life: about men and women, their suffering and incomprehensible frustrations, their isolation at not being able to communicate their emotions to one another, their self-destruction, and most of all their powerless search for love and truth in a world with now answers.


To Anyone Who Can Hear Me is a film project characterised by its dramatic black and white photography accompanied by a haunting and evocative soundtrack. It is innovative in its structure and story-telling techniques and it breaks with conventional cinematic practice. The film takes a unique approach to the themes of love and isolation offering the audience the opportunity to be voyeurs of the suffering of others. Through this experience they are invited to reflect and look at their own lives with an honest eye.

Details

Year

2000

Type of film

Features

Running Time

87 mins

Format

16mm Ilford

Director

Carlos Ruiz

Producer

Carlos Ruiz

Editor

Anton Califano

Director of Photography

Tim Green

Sound

Carlos Ruiz, Anton Califano

Principal Cast

Nicole Kaminski, Hugh Gallagher, Anthony Biggs, Camilla Vella, Nathan McHugh, Julie Bevan, Hannah Scrimshaw, Ruth Posner, Martin Lawton

Screen Writer

Carlos Ruiz

Genre

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 3rd August 2009