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THE GOOD: It’s a small world we live in. Sometimes when we think we’re alone, we can sometimes experience a bout with our past, whether we like it or not. “If Occurrence” examines that very notion with a somber short film about the fateful meeting of two women on the street one cold day. During a waiting session on the sidewalk, Nina meets eyes with an old friend, and the conversation sparks. “If Occurrence” is not so much a picture of thing we sometimes wish we could have said to that particular person, but how sometimes life just won’t allow us to say the things we want to that person. Licisyn hints at the rather brutal past of these women and never fully fills us in.
Were they best friends torn apart by life, best friends torn apart by a love triangle, or perhaps… lovers. Lovers who part with their significant others but know full well they’re still enamored with one another. Licisyn imagines the meeting between these women and the choices they make in deciding perhaps they should or shouldn’t. The consequences are well within their grasp, and you can sense that with their meeting and conversation.
Vitt and Romains’ performances are solid with the chemistry and awkward emotions being conveyed well by the dialogue that relies less on the talents and expressions of these two people. “If Occurrence” is a well done little drama about life and relationships that are never to be. No matter how much we wish otherwise.
SUMMING UP: Licisyn manages to properly squeeze in a lot of baggage, chemistry, and sheer exposition in a window of a little under ten minutes, and he succeeds with a tight drama about broken relationships and fate.
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