17 Minutes Late

Original title

17 minute intarziere

Country

Romania

Year

2002

Runtime

10'

Cătălin Mitulescu made two films with the same name that are both concerned with traffic. They are both very persuasive, but the older „version“ is metaphysically deeper. Are we „Balkanian“ enough to accept the heavy Bucharest traffic and its consequence – seventeen minutes of delay? And if so, what do we use this spare time for?

In programme

The Small (but not small) Romanian New Wave

Other Films

16mm shorts 25km2