Our Ode to Joy

As his vision fades, a man known only as The Fool journeys inward-through nature, memory, and haiku-to find not just solace in what is slipping away, but meaning in the quiet beauty of being.

Cast

Elia Mimkakis

as The Fool

Rion Emery

as The Woman

Evan Woofter-Kim

as The Old Man

Tiernan Tajalli

as The Employee

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