The Confession (2010 film)

The Confession is a 2010 British melodramatic short film. It was directed by Tanel Toom, and written by Caroline Bruckner and Tanel Toom. The film follows a boy named Sam who cant think of any sins to tell the priest at his first confession. He worries that he wont be a real Catholic if the priest doesnt absolve him of some misdeed. Jacob, Sams friend, devises a solution in the form of a prank, but the result is tragic.

Jacob and Sam decide to steal Farmer Collins Scarecrow and leave in middle of the road for him to find while he is driving his tractor to town, committing the sin of stealing. The plan backfires when Famer Collins pulls off the main road before he sees the stolen scarecrow. At the moment the tractor pulls off the road, another car speeds down the twisted and deserted street and, believing the scarecrow to be a dead body, swerves to avoid it and crashes into a tree. Sam walks up to the car and sees a woman and a little girl alive, but severely dazed and bleeding from the head. The car bursts into flames. Sam and Jacob flee the scene with the scarecrow. As they are running through the woods they hear the car explode. Sam and Jacob push the scarecrow off a cliff by the tree they play by every day. Jacob makes Sam swear never to tell anyone because it was an accident. Sam is full of guilt. That night he dreams the dead woman, the farmer and his father all know. He is haunted by what he has done.In school the next day Sam runs out of his class into the bathroom, unable to deal with what he has done. Jacob runs after him and tells him that no one knows that he has to keep it together. Jacob tells Sam to meet him at the tree where they hid the scarecrow after dinner. ........

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