PACKING UP (Short Film - 2004)
Director:
William B. Davis
Writer:
William B. Davis
Stars:
William B. Davis, Sarah-Jane Redmond, Garry Davey and Jonathan Holmes. Music performed by Ben Heppner.
Original Score:
John Mills-Cockell
Plot:
Packing up his office on his last day, a university professor discovers that retirement may not be what he had hoped.
A poignant glimpse of the fragility of meaning in human existence. Professor Thomas Jenkins is looking forward to retirement and packing up his office on his last day of work. His wife phones and asks him to book the cruise she has reserved. Before he can do so, he is visited first by an attractive graduate student, then by his colleague and office partner, and finally by his brilliant, young replacement. These simple events transform his sense of himself and his future.