Uber rides straight to the heart
This emotional holiday spot for the taxi service celebrates a time of year when families come together and put bad vibes aside.
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Credits
View on- Agency Mother/London
- Production Company MJZ/London
- Director Michael Spiccia
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Credits
View on- Agency Mother/London
- Production Company MJZ/London
- Director Michael Spiccia
- Editing Work Editorial/London
- VFX 1920
- Sound Design King Lear Music & Sound
- Service Company Sailor Productions
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Credits
powered by- Agency Mother/London
- Production Company MJZ/London
- Director Michael Spiccia
- Editing Work Editorial/London
- VFX 1920
- Sound Design King Lear Music & Sound
- Service Company Sailor Productions
Created by Mother for Uber, this tearjerking film Close is sensitively directed by Michael Spiccia, through MJZ, and follows a young woman’s cab journey to see her father for Christmas.
Through the window of her ride from the airport, the familiar streets of her suburban hometown prompt her to recall past times with her father – from his tenderness when she was a tot who’d fallen on the ice rink, to her teenage dad-hating strops at the ice hockey pitch.
As she draws closer to the parental home, it becomes clear that their last encounter ended in discord and this trip is more a reunion than a mere festive visit.
The film’s heartstrings are greatly plucked by the soundtrack – James Blake’s cover of Fleetwood Mac’s haunting Landslide, a song that ponders poignantly on the uncertainty of change and the passage of time.
