you know a story should be told when it still feels right after four years.
For the last four years, this story has kept me up at night and been slowly crafted to depict the relevance of gestures and the small things that compose the bigger picture of a relationship.
Through a naturalistic approach, we intend to tell this story so that it lasts beyond the screen time, so it can sit with the audience through dinner conversations and make them profoundly question their behaviors and approach in their own relationships.
A story told through gazes, unspoken words, and the power of touch, what at first feels like a narrative of conflict is actually about coping, healing, and male vulnerability.
director’s bio
I once heard that your perspective is all you have.
This message struck me because it provided me profound insight of what the craft of filmmaking is. Ultimately, when you decide to tell a story, what you are really setting yourself up for is to reveal to all the ones involved in the process - cast, crew, and viewers - your perspective.
“Reconcile” is the product of the relationship dynamics I have observed within my family setting when we were going through family ruptures. Even though I am the youngest of three siblings, I was thrown into a role of family mediator, making me hyper aware of my surroundings and the way that actions triggered reactions; dynamics shifted in people’s presence; and how there is a transformative change with the involvement of female energy in interactions. Consequently, without ever noticing, I grew into someone very observant of the subliminal messages that accompanies every decision.
It was very challenging to avoid the obvious: the trap of making the alcoholic dad aggressive, creating a depression triggered by loss, and explicitly showing the entire tapestry of complications, was very tempting. However the subliminal nature of humans doesn't provide room for the obvious, and “Reconcile” aims to subvert the expectations of the audience. In the same way that humans are subtle, indirect, and indicative - rather than explicit - of their struggles, so is this story.
diversity on set
We did everything in our power to make sure our set was diverse and propelled minority voices. We have most of our department heads as women, there were five different languages being spoken, and we are doing a production that has team members based in three different continents.
We are committed to making the entertainment industry a more just environment.