Short Film: Vonnis / Verdict (2024)

• Directed by Walt Bladt
• Written by Walt Bladt
• Stars Joke Sluydts, Tibe Boone, Dimitri Duquennoy
• Run Time: 9:03
• Watch it: https://youtu.be/JW07ZxfKCCk?si=whYctScZnrRPnCtW

What Happens

Linus lives alone on an old farm. He starts getting visits from his dead wife’s ghost, which brings up feelings of guilt and bad memories. He dreams of finding their corpses and then sees Diane looking healthy and whole again. Or is he really seeing her? Is she what she appears to be?

Commentary

It’s subtitled, but there’s not much dialogue, so don’t let that hold you back. 

I’m not clear on what happened to Diane and Zegen; it looks like their house was bombed or something, but that wouldn’t have been Linus’s fault, so why the guilt? Probably just survivor’s guilt from the way it plays out. It’s good!