. . . "In absentia : a short film by the Brothers Quay" . . . "Originally commissioned by the BBC as part of a series called \"Sound on Film International,\" the film is the result of the collaboration between the Quay Brothers and musical composer, Karlheinz Stockhausen. The Quay Brothers worked on a composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen, \"Zwei Paare.\" They combined live action and animation to convey the mindscape of a woman alone in her room in a psychiatric hospital, who would write love letters every day to a particular man." . . . "In absentia" . . . . . . . . .