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{{Infobox film
|image = Alfie short film poster 1.jpg
|caption = Release poster
| name = Alfie
| director = Thomas Mathai
| producer = Sreeraj Nadarajan, Thomas Mathai
| studio = Meatshop Cinema<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://meatshopstudio.in/ |title=Meatshopstudio.in |access-date=10 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021035238/http://meatshopstudio.in/ |archive-date=21 October 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| screenplay = Thomas Mathai
| starring = Ashirvad Madhusoodanan, Reshma Malayath
| cinematography = Sreeraj Nadarajan, Sandeep Nair
| editing = Sreeraj Nadarajan
| music = Vivian Varghese
| runtime = 27 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Malayalam]]
}}

'''''Alfie''''' is a 2013 Indian [[short film]] written and directed by Dr. Thomas Mathai.

==Plot summary==

Alfie is a failing actress and a junkie lost in filth. One fine afternoon, she and her new lover travel to a remote waterfall inside the woods. Tired with all the walking, she soon falls asleep by the waterfall and the dream that follows is bizarre, horrifying, where she is bound up tight in a shady dungeon and tortured mercilessly.

Visually reminiscent of a Rembrandt, ‘Alfie’ tells a surreal tale structured uniquely to simulate a dream experience, immersed in Freudian eroticism, sexual deviance and biblical notion of Baptism.
Where as it has a second meaning also that is somehow pointing to a fact that women are still objectified by men. The Man on the screen is shown dominating which before climax is tried by women too. But the man oppresses her and tortures her. During her last breath she was in her wonderland of dreams and there what she witnessed was only the beauty of nature that she was created to see.
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==Festival Screenings and Release==

Alfie was premiered at short film corner<ref>[https://archive.is/20130724103901/http://blog.platform-mag.com/?p=9320 Platform Magazine]</ref> of 2013 [[Festival de Cannes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmindiaworldwide.com/2013/05/film-india-worldwide-cannes-special_16.html|title=Filmindiaworldwide.com|access-date=24 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924012800/http://www.filmindiaworldwide.com/2013/05/film-india-worldwide-cannes-special_16.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It was also screened in the competition section of 6th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dearcinema.com/news/6th-international-documentary-short-film-festival-of-kerala-unveils-lineup/5407|title=404 (Page Not Found) Error - Ever feel like you're in the wrong place?|website=dearcinema.com|access-date=24 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717092535/http://dearcinema.com/news/6th-international-documentary-short-film-festival-of-kerala-unveils-lineup/5407|archive-date=17 July 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> held in June 2013 at Thiruvananthapuram.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Documentary-and-Short-Film-Festival-begins-Friday/2013/06/07/article1623858.ece|title=Documentary and Short Film Festival begins Friday|access-date=24 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024070548/http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Documentary-and-Short-Film-Festival-begins-Friday/2013/06/07/article1623858.ece|archive-date=24 October 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> A 20-minute version, the dungeon edit was released online via YouTube on 12/12/2013.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|2660256}}

[[Category:Indian independent films]]
[[Category:2013 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2010s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Indian short films]]

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