ThisisAndrewP.Alderete'sCaliforniaInstituteoftheArtsMFA(Film/Video)thesisfilm.Thestorypushessymbolicvisualsandhyper-realisticimagerytofortifytheconnectivetissuebetweencharacters,andraisequestionsaboutthefundamentalbasisofrealityandthedarksidesofhumannature.It’salsoacelebrationofmusic,anditsrelationshipwithimage.Therewillbenodialogue,andsolelyusethemusicalscoreandvisualstocontextualizethestorywithspecificemotion. Howmanytimeshavewenottoldthetruthtothosewecareabout?Howmanyopportunitiesaremissedtoobtainclosureforblamewesetonothers,whichweknowarearesultofcircumstance?Sometimes,theapproachandquestfortherightwordsisharderthantheactionitself,andovertime,theopportunitytosetthingsrightbecomeslostandunfamiliar. ThisstoryisaboutElenaandhermotherCecilia-twopeopletornapartbycircumstanceandwrongchoices.AsCecilia’shealthdeteriorates,shedecidestogovisitherdaughteronelasttime,butcanonlywatchherfromadistancethroughawindow.It’satthatmomentshedecidestoleaveheralone,butthatonlystrengthenstheinvisibledesireforemotionalconnection. Thatevening,shediesaloneathome.OnlyuntilafterCeciliadiesisthequestforclosureinitiatedbyunspeakableandemotionalcommunicationwithadaughterwhoisnotonlyamirror-imageofheryoungermother,butiswalkingdownthesamepathofisolation. LeftWhereItFellisastoryofloss,andhope.Itisastoryofmemoryandthetruthbehindemotionswecan’tdefine.Itmixesfantasywithreality,andraisesquestionsaboutourownmortality.