Stuck

David Roncone

David Roncone graduated from the A.S.C.I school of cinema (Naples) gaining both a master’s degree in directing and writing. From an early age he has always had a strong passion for cinema, especially horror. At the age of 15 he began making short movies with his friend. The education he received, working on sets, watching and studying movie, allowed him to make his first short
movie, Stuck.
“What I want to tell are those kind of stories that
reveals ourself thorough our fears, weakness and our emotions that encourage us
to self-analysis.”

Director Statement

The development of Stuck is something personal and thematic for me, since it tells, in an horror key, an experience that I have personally lived. The choice of the trunk is not random as it is associated with a drawer where we put our dreams, thoughts and
fears. The choice of the trunk can be also associated to the Pandora’s box, because its hidden content brings mental and physical destruction to the characters. The question that accompanied during the writing process was: “What could happen if
everything we desire took an unexpected turn?”.
The answer is in the title. STUCK means “stuck physically in a place” like the characters of this short movie. On one side we have Sophia stuck in the house while waiting for her partner, on the other we have the villain stuck in this trunk who embodies the fears and the insecurities of Sophia. However she is mentally stuck because she is afraid of the new beginning that she is gonna to face.