User:LaMillionaire/Feeling

Feeling is a Canadian independent psychological drama written and directed by Edgar Ivanov. It also starts Ivanov as the main character.

The film focuses on the life of a college student named Lev, who is pretty confident in himself and has already built healthy relationships, but is suddenly struck by a heavy gut feeling, as well as strange nightmares and anxiety, when the year is about to end.

Plot
Studying in one of Toronto's colleges, a student named Lev has a normal life. He is constant contact with his loving mother, he has a girlfriend named Claire, as well as plethora of friends and acquaintances. All classes seem to be pretty understandable for him.

But somewhere in the end of December, he starts feeling different, and while still happy, he understands that something is clearly off, yet he can't say what is exactly. Nobody can get what is he feeling, however, this condition worsens.

He doesn't see this as a reason to contact a psychiatrist, however. Everything starts strangely pressing on him, and he is constantly feeling like something awful is about to happen. He tells his close people about that, and eventually starts having nightmares, fueled by his anxiety.

After having celebrated the New Year's Eve, and met the New Year, Lev feels that this feeling started slowly going away. Yet when he checks the news, he finds out about a mass murder that recently took place. Left in a strange state he continues to receive the news - multiple more crimes and finally, a "strange disease" appearing in Hong Kong.

Production
The plot of Feeling was largely based on Ivanov's own memories - quite majorly on the end of 2019, "when everything was alright, but something was strangely off, just right before the disaster occurred". He was trying to convert these feelings into a film format.

The film largely was focusing on Lev being left alone; on cold weather, on snow, on empty spaces and on yellow lights. The film largely includes yellow lights.

The film largely uses slowed ambient and post-punk tracks, such as Six Forty Seven by Instupendo, or 13 Angels Standing Guard 'round the Side of Your Bed by A Silver Mt. Zion.