Färdmar’s screenplay is sublime, as ‘Are We Lost Forever’s’ powerful discussions on love and loss resonate with a universal experience that we can all relate to. Are We Lost Forever is now available to rent, stream and buy
When does the hope, optimism and passion of a once-loving relationship end? This question sits at the heart of David Färdmar’s feature debut, as love, separation, regret, and desire merge. Based on his short film, Färdmar wraps his tale of love lost and love found in a delicate, loving, painful, and honest portrait of the endings and beginnings that surround life. The journey we take alongside Adrian (Björn Elgerd) and Hampus (Jonathan Andersson) is filled with the raw emotion of any separation, reflecting an eternal truth: while one partner may move on, the other will often struggle to accept its finality.
We have all had the conversation that opens Are We Lost Forever at some point in our lives, as the devastating words “there’s no more we” act as a lightning bolt of confusion on an otherwise sunny day. It is a conversation that is sometimes expected by both partners and sometimes only wrapped up in the feelings of one, and the fallout is less than clear as the words spill out.
In a bed that was once a home of love and sensuality, Hampus finally confronts his fiancée, Adrian, with this very conversation. It’s not the first time the couple has split, but somehow it feels different now. There is a sense of finality in Hampus’ words that Adrian cannot control. He knows that his behaviour and closed emotions have helped create the situation now at play, but it is nonetheless earth-shattering. As Hampus and Adrian go their separate ways, one will find freedom and rebirth, while the other will wallow in regret as the past becomes a chain around their feet.
Färdmar’s screenplay is sublime, as Are We Lost Forever’s powerful discussions on love and loss resonate with a universal experience that we can all relate to. Here, Färdmar reflects the inescapable fact that no loving relationship ever reaches a final moment; the intimate connections built, whether good or bad, burn a place in the heart that lasts forever, with each subsequent relationship held hostage to memories of ‘what could have been’.
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