WILL YOU SAY HELLO?
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A short film by Olivia Vitale
Will You Say Hello? is a heart-wrenching relationship story between a new couple that has to go through a life-changing experience soon into their beginning. They find out that Bea is pregnant and have go through the process of an abortion, only a month into their relationship. Women go through this every day and talking about this experience is so stigmatized. When we see Bea go through this experience, we sympathize with her pain, her grief. We see how she deals with the aftermath and how she learns to cope and be alone after breaking-up. We then see them in the future, spontaneously seeing each other, crossing paths. Bea has moved on, she has healed and grown stronger from this past. The question still stands, though. Will they say hello?
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A huge part of this project is the relatability and de-stigmatization of this female journey. Many women face it, and nowadays it's growing more and more difficult to seek help. I want women to feel as though the have options, not hopeless. There is help and there are people working to keep our bodily rights.
CREDITS & SPECIAL THANKS
This was a three-person show, with my actors and myself. A huge thanks to the both of them, whom I couldn't have made this without. Thanks for trusting my vision and story and making something from my brain come to life. Thank you to my Jack, Mathiss, who was perfectly subtle, but relatable. A huge thank you to my Bea, Ava, who made something so personal and traumatic feel beautiful in the end.
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