Film Analysis: Two Ends Of A Spectrum

Short Film: Love directed and written by Martin Jose Ponferrada

Summary: Two Ends of a Spectrum

The film takes place in two timelines and involves two couples from different continents. The Australian couple, Walt and Ruth, lives in the present and are bickering on account of the husband’s obsession to catch flies that to his wife’s dismay, resulted to the neglect of his household chores. The Filipino couple lives in the memory of the husband, Jessie. He remembers his wife, Appollonia, as an activist writer who died during the height of martial law in the Philippines.

The paths of Jessie, Walt and Ruth intersect in the lawn of Walt and Ruth where Jessie works as one of their Asian gardeners. Unexpectedly, Jessie gets in the middle of the couple’s domestic war by being forced to serve as a witness to the suspicious death and capture of a fly. In the end, Walt and Jessie become mates because Jessie seems to have chosen to testify for the sake of saving Walt’s reputation from his wife.

Reflection: Of Diaspora, Dichotomies and Dreams

Love is a short
This is real until today where immigrants from war-torn Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and other terrorist-labeled countries, are kept at bay in leased islands, to prevent the infiltration of potential terrorist cells or possible sources of social disruption. Therefore, halfway through the story, the theme of political exiles finding security, an honest living and a home in Australia is given light through Jessie who is now away from his country and the ravages of a dictatorship. Jessie’s background is one story out of thousands who come from all over the world, contributing to the changing landscape of Australia’s