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In Absentia
In Absentia

In Absentia

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A woman sits alone on a chair at a table in a room on one of the top floors of an asylum. Bright spot lights dot the night, sometimes shining on her window. She sharpens pencils and writes on a page in a copy book. The pencil point often breaks under her fingers' force. She places broken points outside the window on the sill. A satanic figure is somewhere nearby, animated but of straw or clay, not flesh. She finishes her writing, tears the paper from the pad, folds it, places it in an envelope, and slips it through a slot. Is she writing to her husband? "Sweetheart, come."

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

20 mins

Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

21 October 2000

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Marlene Kaminsky

Marlene Kaminsky

Woman

Kathinka Pasveer

Kathinka Pasveer

Female voice

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Male voice

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