Independent cinema may be the last vestige of creativity in Hollywood and Dovecote proves that in a number of ways.
Director Marco Perego does something with so little in a short film that seems to encapsulate the life of women during and post-prison.
The film starts out with a boatman outside of the prison walls and then goes into the prison walls where we see a young lady (Zoe Saldana) who was implied to be a ballerina who is about to get out of prison.
At the same time, another woman is entering the prison system, being stripped and taken into the custody of the guards, as audiences see the first glimpses of a humiliating entry into this frightening system.
Zoe Saldana in the short film “Dovecote”
It’s also amazing to note that when we are outside of the prison, we notice as an audience a bluish hue in the color palette and when the camera veers into the prison, the film cuts to a grainy black and white almost symbolizing the desolate nature of the prison system.
It’s amazing to see independent directors making such art and beauty with the resources that they have. This short film is almost a breath of fresh air and I’m glad that I got to witness it.
