Twelve minutes. Four lonely souls. One devastating mirror held up to your own solitude.
Plain and Simple” is a window that gives on the lives of 4 different characters that share an acute sense of loneliness while striving for a secret desire of belonging.
Direction
Ouellet's patient observation of private ache.
Cinematography
Window frames as emotional prisons.
Director
Raphaël Ouellet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Raphaël Ouellet shot this during his final year at Concordia University, using actual strangers in public spaces who didn't know they were being filmed until after.
The film's French title 'Tout simplement' carries a double meaning—'plain and simple' but also 'just like that,' suggesting belonging should be effortless yet rarely is.
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