SINdie: SGIFF2015 Production talk with Sanif Olek for Voluptas2 min read
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After her failed marriage, Ariati descends into a downward spiral. Her waning spirits however is lifted, when she meets Aaron, who seemingly appears to be the better version of her previous significant other. She also meets Suhaillah, a free spirit who echoes her search for spirituality. Will these new connections breathe new life into her, and lead her to her own closure?
After the release of Sanif Olek’s Voluptas, Sindie caught up with the eminent director to find out more:
Here are some interview questions which we would like to seek your response on:
- Why did you choose to title your film “Voluptas”?
The final titles in all of my films were usually conceptualized towards the end of the final script or while I was assembling the film in the editing room. For Voluptas, it was suggested by my co-writer, Hady A. Hamid. Voluptas is the name of a diety in Roman mythology who has similar characteristics to another famous diety, Aphrodite. The main protagonist in the film, played by Ariati Tyeb Papar, possesses similar character arc to Voluptas the diety. I felt it’s interesting and appropriate that Voluptas becomes the title to my second feature.
- Voluptas strikes me as a film about inner turmoil and spiritual and personal revelations. Being such an introspective film, where did you find inspiration to do this film, and was it a personal film for you?
I have always been interested in the study of the human condition and the raw emotions that drive someone to certain decisions. On top of that, one’s spiritual bearing also reveals the direction he will take to deal with his personal turmoil. As I get older and meet more people, I realize that one need not be religious or subscribing to a particular popular religion to be spiritual. An Atheist doesn’t believe in any gods yet can be spiritual. All ascribed religion has one thing in common ““ an acknowledgement to a central guiding faith to become good in the eyes of humanity. Some people use religion as a moral compass yet is misguided spiritually. Religion makes one contented at the same time drives others into Nazis of morality.
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