Love is Like Life, but Longer is a short film directed by Poppy de Villeneuve, written by Simon Van Booy, and stars Jeremry Strong, Maya Kazam, and Joan Copeland. The film is about just how a fleeting coincidence connects life and love on the way to the elevator.
What is it about love that ignites the fire deep within us? Stirs us from an uneasy rest, and when life is busy moving from one moment to the next, it is love that whispers to us in those quite moments, challenging all thoughts and beliefs. Love, a bringer of renewed dreams, hopes, and–quite possibly–faith.
Director Poppy de Villeneuve directs Love is Like Life, but Longer beautifully, capturing love as the unspoken theme in this narrated soliloquy of words. Watch as love undermines and tempts faith with just a simple touch. Watch as the lives of two lonely people move from an existence in darkness and uncertainty, to a new life of love and light.
Film credits:
Director of Photography: Nick Bentgen
Production Designer: Jessie Katz
Editor: Ruth Mamaril
Score: Krishna Venkatesh
Wardrobe Stylist: Sarah Mae Burton
Assistant Camera: GT Womack
Production Sound: Micah Bloomberg
Hair & Make-Up: Bridget Ritzinger
Production Assistants: Ryan Heyner, Jaime Johnson, Bailey Roberts
Post Sound: Gramercy Post
Color: DTouch
Glasses provided by Selima Opaque
Special thanks to the Perkins School for the Blind
This film was commissioned by Mondrian SoHo and Morgans Hotel Group
Image credit: WetheUrban.com
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This was utterly beautiful!
Something about unusual encounters of two people who are not, traditionally, meant to gel makes me simmer with serene excitement.
This was remarkably shot and the silence used is exquisite.
Ah, thank you for such a gift.
xo
Why real life can’t be like this film! Believe it or not, I became a bit jealous after watching the film. Then my soul rebelled, then rejoiced because there is still hope for me and people like me. Now, if I can just be brave enough to go out to more places than just going to work and to the library
Remember something most people forget: reality inspires most films.
And what better shortcut to find love at work or in the library? That silence can only intensify the exchanged stares and shy smiles. Oh, don’t get me started on the afternoon I had spent with a former student in the library. His azure eyes, curly hair and tanned skin … *sigh* Hey, we need to find ya a Mr. Left.
I bet that was an intense moment for you
Yeah. I may not find him in a library…perhaps one day he would find me instead. If not, I will be certain to write a book about unrequited love while lucid from drinking too much absinthe–assisted by la fée verte, I will write odes to John Keats, praying that his soul would greet me in the afterlife.
Not a bad idea actually
He would always honk his car when he sees me walking by somewhere. He did giggle when saying that he, usually, just honks girls. :p Oh, and there was even a plan to spend winter break at his mom’s, in Denver. But, oh well, …
Well, sweetie, we need to find you a beau ASAP! What are your requirement?
My requirements? I never thought of that nor have I ever been asked. That is something I will have to think about then. I’d much rather read your stories and learn about who I would like to spend my eternity with. It is rather fun, however, to live in melancholies and wishful thinking.