Alan's (Timothy J. Cox) father Alan sr (John Mahler) has only recently
died amd left him natural successor as the president of the neighbourhood
commitee - where it doesn't take long for him to butt heads with local
busybody Janice (Paula Mahler), who eventually wants to search his (rather
wast) lands for a missing girl, much to his distress - which ultimately
leads to her demise, before Alan himself, somehow possessed by his
father's spirit, leads the search for the girl himself, a search that
leads to no results. Luke (Anthony Carey), the missing girl's brother,
has dreams about Alan's house, and is sure he'll find her there - but then
again, he's also in constant exchange with a guy called Jack (Matthew
Mahler) who might be a ghost, an imaginary friend or his real self. That
all said, Luke and Alan eventually meeting is nothing short of a surefire
recipe for disaster ... Now above synopsis hardly does Protanopia
any justice as it's a film that might be horror on the outside, but veers
off into the surreal with glee ever so often, let's associative
storytelling take over every once in a while, and doesn't even make an
effort to explain things away - all of which works in the film's favour
though, it's a highly original work of art, one that also experiments with
lighting and sound design for atmosphere's sake as well as unusual editing
techniques, while a strong cast keeps things grounded enough to pull the
audience into the film's highly original cinematic journey.
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