Lola

2016, 10 minutes

The distant future. Communicative technology has become illegal due to public and governmental mistrust.

The distant future. Communicative technology has become illegal due to public and governmental mistrust. Our story surrounds Lola, early-twenties, and an entry-level receptionist at a sleekly modern Graphic Design House. She spends her days in front of a hulking switchboard, connecting call after monotonous call. She is ambitious, yet unsatisfied. A lonely London dweller stuck in a state of impermanence. She appears to loose sight of the long-term over the course of the narrative, knowing what she is doing will benefit her, but is still discontent. Through the act of connecting his calls she begins a purely platonic friendship with an older man who helps her with this deep feeling she has of indifference, of not belonging. The story culminates when Lola finally accepts her co-worker’s invitation for after work drinks – she spots someone who she believes could be the man she’s talking to on the phone, deciding to follow him.

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