Shot in her Paris studio during lock-down, a melodramatic home movie playfully blends themes of womanhood, transmission, and freedom, based on recordings of her grandmother.
Made during confinement, In My Room plunges us into the poignant story of a woman at the twilight of her life, through recordings of the director's deceased grandmother. Living rooms become stages where life is performed. Windows become portals to the lives of others.
During Lockdown, Mari Diop (Director, Atlantiques) shot this short film completely in her room and the outside world only through her windows. With the backdrop of some recordings of her grandmother's voice, we get to have an intimate look at the world of the young director and at the same time, the world through her grandmother's eyes.—shivamt25