Mari Muerta - Brochure
December 14th, 2007 Posted in Mari Muerta (2008)T-Party Films is seeking donations for Mari Muerta — a 10-minute family dramedy, and the follow-up to The Hank Effect.
Production is complete on Mari Muerta, and updates will be posted as we go. But we still have a long way to go, from editing to festival fees, and every bit counts.
So what is this one about?
A confirmed bachelor is driven to the breaking point by the little girl haunting his house.
Synopsis (spoilers, of course):
Comic book artist Bert comes home from a lackluster job interview to find his house turned upside-down by a poltergeist… again. When Mariquita manifests, J-Horror style, Bert barely looks up from his spaghetti dinner. Still, as the two recap their day, he agrees to play a game with her – until his phone rings.
The job interview was a success. They want to see the first page by the morning.
Bert has to decide – work or Battleship? Work wins, hands down. Hurt, Mari tries everything she can to prevent him from finishing – overturning his spaghetti, throwing furniture, putting out the light – to no avail. She leaves him alone – and happy to be so.
Deep in the night, he finally finishes and goes to bed. His phone drags him back to the office, though, as the recruiter wants to know how it went.
He finds his precious page destroyed – by Mari.
Furious, Bert rants and fumes in the empty room. He doesn’t see Mari appear until he’s already said something terrible – and something she’s been told before.
What happens next is far beyond Mari’s regular disturbances.
Once things settle down (and he finds a flashlight), Bert begs Mari to let him talk to her. She eventually permits him to join her in her sacred space — the linen closet. There, Bert learns the real source of Mari’s emotions – she left behind a little sister. Mari’s afraid her sister’s childhood is turning out no better than her own.
Bert realizes how Mari can contact her father. Together, they write him a letter.
No sooner has Mari sealed the envelope than she begins to cross over! Goodbye, Mari. The house is empty.
Now alone, Bert honors Mari’s memory – with her own comic book, and with one more overturned bowl of spaghetti.
And what’s the point?
That there are fates worse than death. Like being forgotten.