The Secret Friend (Short)
The opening musical cue of the short film, “The Secret Friend,” sounds like one of those overwrought, melodramatic pieces of music that would play during a soap opera. After that first burst of melodrama, however, director Flavio Alves’s film finds its groove, and becomes a delightful, albeit kind of sad, story of an old woman who finds some joy in life after she begins to get phone calls from an anonymous individual whom allows her to just discuss her life until on New Year’s Eve, the calls stop. Based on a short story by Joao Silverio Trevisan, and featuring a wonderful main performance by Viola Harris, “The Secret Friend” has no tricks, no twists, and no agenda other than to just illustrate the importance of reaching out to one another. It’s just a simple, and sweet, slice of life.
