Great beauty and terrible absurdity, coexist in this short film on love, life and death.

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By: Fleur Snijders

Short film ‘Everything’s gonna be okay‘ is written and directed by Matt Soson. He also stars in his own movie together with Erika Soto. Matt Soson is known for ‘Monster Girls‘ and ‘Call Girl‘. He’s specializes in short-comedy films.

The movie is about Alice (Erika Soto) and Jake (Matt Soson) on a hike in the desert. While they are in the middle of nowhere Jake tumbles to the ground in pain, he can’t walk anymore. At first they are joking around, but when Jake shows his infected wound they know they are in trouble.  They argue and Alice tries everything to help Jake move, but nothing works, and they are in the middle of nowhere with no mobile signal, so they can’t call for help.

They both realize there’s nothing they can do and the chance of survival is getting slim. They sit down and talk about life, and what a beautiful life Jake has had. Jake is becoming convinced he’s going to die, Alice is trying to comfort him by saying some powerful words. “Your life is more than how you say goodbye to it. Or what you think. Or what you did or didn’t do. Because people’s lives actually only mean something to other people.” 

Eventually Alice refuses Jake to just die in the desert and leaves him to get some help. The say a quick goodbye as Alice is sure she will come back to Jake, however sadly this never happens…

The film is everything you didn’t expect. When first hearing the title, you would think it’s a happy movie with a happy ending, but as in real life everything’s not always gonna be okay, or it is challenging our notion of  what’s “okay”. The film can be experienced as emotional and some might even say funny. It’s the way you look at it. The movie gets you thinking about the human existence.

Matt Soson on the film:

The film is a meditation. A very practical, physical grappling with the meaning of life in the face of death. It’s also meant to be a reflection of the world we live in. I firmly believe that much of our meaning exists to witness whatever beauty we can, which can be found in great abundance if we allow ourselves to see it. There’s a lot of beauty in the film. But at the same time there’s great inequity, tragedy, and chaos in the world today. Great and terrible absurdity. Both of these truths live together in my life and in this film.

Want to know more about the film and the director? Watch this space for an interview with director Matt Soson!

Watch the trailer now below!!