Indigo is a dramatic short film about alienation on the inside. Two young, lost souls in New York City share a common struggle - they are stuck in lives they do not feel they belong to. She is an adored actress and he, a bike messenger. On the outside they seem like each other's opposite, but on the inside they are the same- dehumanized by an internal loneliness that alienates them from feeling alive.
Acting
Forss and Matton convey entire lives in glances.
Cinematography
NYC becomes a character—beautiful and crushing.
Direction
Jerndal trusts silence more than most feature directors.
Director
Paul Jerndal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title refers to 'indigo children'—a New Age concept about hypersensitive souls who feel alien to this world, reframed here as emotional condition rather than spiritual gift.
Director Paul Jerndal shot this as his thesis film at Columbia; it played Cannes' Short Film Corner and launched his reputation for capturing urban melancholy.
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