A Late Train (2024)
Country: Ukraine
Genre: Drama
Production: Mettel Studios
Writer/Producer/Director: Vinsent Mettel
Cast: Natalia Tarasova, Icaro Pereira
Logline: Every year, a man and a woman meet in Paris, bound by undeniable chemistry and unspoken love. But as hesitation turns into resentment, their annual reunion becomes a ritual of missed chances — until the city of love turns into the place where the train has already left.
Every year, he and she meet in Paris.
Their connection is instant, familiar, inevitable. There is chemistry, shared history, and a love that has never been named.
She waits for him to make the first move.
He waits for a sign from her — carrying a ring in his pocket and anger in his silence.
Between hesitation, misunderstandings, and years of suppressed emotions, their relationship slowly erodes. Paris, once the city of love, becomes a place of emotional standstill — a city where love arrives too late and the train has already left.
A Late Train is a short film about timing, emotional paralysis, and the quiet tragedy of opportunities that never become reality.