Hi, I really need feedback on this idea—please tell me if it’s worth pursuing or if I should let it go. It’s a concept for a feature film.
Set in Prague at night, on an ordinary evening, three intertwined stories explore three stages of love: falling in love, rediscovering oneself, and acceptance.
Story 1: Two Black teenagers, a boy and a girl, walk through the city streets, talking about racial prejudice. Through their conversation, they discover what it truly means to connect with someone and feel understood.
Story 2: A man, heartbroken after divorcing his wife, enters a bar and unexpectedly reunites with an old friend. He had forgotten why they drifted apart—until he realizes it was fear of falling in love. During their encounter, he reflects on why his marriage failed and comes to understand that love takes many forms beyond the traditional.
Story 3: An elderly couple walks home, arguing. The tension erupts when she confronts him about his infidelity. Their fight escalates to the film’s climax, where she tells him she is dying. In that moment, everything calms; the anger dissolves, and they simply embrace.
All three stories are connected through the glowing lights of Prague at night, with a man manually lighting the street lamps, and their paths briefly crossing, creating subtle moments of intersection between the narratives
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The idea is great. I spent three months in Prague. The city truly becomes part of anything filmed there. Prague almost becomes the main character in any film.
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Wyman Brent yess that’s the idea Prague is the main character
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Perhaps I misunderstand you, but I can see a problem. Each idea needs time. And a movie is not that very long. So if you want 3 stories in the same movie, it will possibly become horribly long. Besides, it may be problematical for the audience to understand which one of the 3 stories is the most important one. But I can misunderstand, One possibility is that you start writing and when you see which story becomes longest, you concentrate on that one.
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Jon Shallit The man who lights the street lamps is a real job in Prague and could serve as a thread, it doesn’t necessarily have importance. I want the couples to experience and feel for themselves, not have anyone guide them.
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Göran Johansson Perhaps I misunderstand you, but I can see a problem. Each idea needs time. And a movie is not that very long. So if you want 3 stories in the same movie, it will possibly become horribly long. Besides, it may be problematical for the audience to understand which one of the 3 stories is the most important one. But I can misunderstand, One possibility is that you start writing and when you see which story becomes longest, you concentrate on that one.