In Absentia (2000)
A woman sits alone on a chair at a table in a room on one of the top floors of an asylum. Bright spot lights dot the night, sometimes shining on her window. She sharpens pencils and writes on a page in a copy book. The pencil point often breaks under her fingers' force. She places broken points outside the window on the sill. A satanic figure is somewhere nearby, animated but of straw or clay, not flesh. She finishes her writing, tears the paper from the pad, folds it, places it in an envelope, and slips it through a slot. Is she writing to her husband? "Sweetheart, come."
Directors: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay.
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Marlene Kaminsky as Woman |
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Kathinka Pasveer as Female voice |
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Karlheinz Stockhausen as Male voice |
| Directing | Stephen Quay | Director |
| Directing | Timothy Quay | Director |
| Sound | Simon Stockhausen | Sound |
| Production | Christian Seidel | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Karlheinz Stockhausen | Music |
| Production | Pinky Ghundale | Production Manager |
| Visual Effects | Ian Nicholas | Animation |
| Production | Karlheinz Stockhausen | Producer |
| Production | Keith Griffiths | Producer |
| Sound | Karlheinz Stockhausen | Conductor |
| Sound | Simon Stockhausen | Musician |
| Visual Effects | Stephen Quay | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Timothy Quay | Animation |
| Art | Ian Nicholas | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Peter Maniura | Editor |
| Production | Rodney Wilson | Executive Producer |
