Objects trigger memories. Even the most ordinary object — when visited in the thick of longing — can unmask profound happenings. Such is the nature of looking back. Binary Error, a short film recently released on the Internet, has a telling attachment with long-agos. The film opens with a phone call at Cherthala police station in Kerala. We learn about Rosamma’s death — an elderly widow who resided next to Cherthala’s sub inspector, Sunny Thomas. Thomas knew Rosamma as a kind and healthy woman; in his preliminary investigation, he finds a letter that speaks of desolation and cherished parenthood in retrospect. Excerpts from this letter, addressed to her daughter, inform Thomas thereon.

Adam Harry and Sunny Wayne in a moment from the film