Review: Desync
Minerva Navasca masterfully intertwines fiction and reality in Desync. She uses sound, editing and writing to amplify the relationship between conflict and love within immigrant families. As writers, we are told to “write what you know” and as the film suggests, sometimes that approach can be taken very literally.
The film introduces us to Ana and Celine, a mother and daughter of Filipino descent who are cooking Tinola. We are quickly interrupted by Ana yelling “cut”, and are introduced to Joyce and Francesca, who are playing Ana and Celina in Ana’s film. The rest of the film cuts back and forth between the real relationship and the one Ana wishes she had with her mother.
As the film nears its bittersweet end, sound designer Sarah Saunders and director Navasca create a sequence that blends fiction and reality causing a wave of sadness that becomes inconsolable, even after the film cuts to black.
More about the film and the director Minerva Navasca
More info & links:
- Director: Minerva Navasca
- Desync on Instagram
- Desync screened at the OCan Film Festival in Ottawa in November 2024 where it was awarded the Jury Prize.
Zach Chabot
Film Reviewer
Zach is a film lover at heart and director. Don’t get mad if he dislikes your favourite film because it is personal, and he does want you to tell him about it on social media. @ZachChabotURL
