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Aegri
Somnia (DVD)
Stars: Tyhr Trubiak, Mel Marginet, Warren Louis Wiltshire, Nadine Pinette, Daryl Dorge, Johnny Marlow, Andy Rewucki and Chris Hodgson Director/Scriptwriter: James Rewucki Absurd Films Rating: No rating but could be R for violence and language Running Length 90 minutes Aegri Somnia would have made a good 30-45 minute television show. It is shot in black and white (to show the present) and color (inner workings of a man’s mind.) Tyhr Trubiak (looking so like the 1950’s actor Edmond O’Brien) does a very good job as Edgar, who lives in the present but whose mind keeps going back to a hellish scenario in red. What is real and what isn’t? The film opens with Edgar and his wife, Muriel (Mel Marginet) arguing. She is the dominant person in the marriage. Muriel is found murdered in the bathtub. What happened? Who is responsible? Weeks go by and Edgar is back at work, though looking and acting depressed. Krista (Nadine Pinette), a girl at the office, tries to date him and cheer him up, but this falls apart in the bar. In the meantime, Edgar’s visions of red, demons and murderous scenes are becoming real to him. Other friends come to the forefront for a poker game. Edgar finds himself in the hospital, but sneaks out and has to confront what is going on with him. Trubiak paints a portrait in acting of what a depressed person looks and speaks like. They have to be persuaded to do anything out of their comfort zone. One of Edgar’s friends, Virgil, says “Isolation can be an addiction.” In Edgar’s case, there is definitely a reason. Camera work and angles, in black and white using shadows, reminds one of the 1940’s film noir films. It works here. Aegri Somnia succeeds, but the addition of red scenarios goes on and on and what could have been a short, decisive film goes into long and longer. Copyright 2010 Marie Asner
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