His dead wife returns through a vinyl scratch—grief has never sounded this beautiful.
On the night of his wife's funeral, a widower finds an old record of the song that was playing when they first met. He plays the song and her ghost returns to him for a brief moment, causing him to question everything he believes in...
Acting
Larry Cedar's trembling hands say paragraphs
Direction
Pieper makes 12 minutes feel like a lifetime lived
Score
That song becomes a character you'll never forget
Director
Charles A. Pieper
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The record's physical loop mirrors grief's repetition—same song, same pain, slightly different scratch each time.
Short films like this exploded on festival circuits in the 2010s, proving runtime means nothing to emotional impact.
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