Two men in an apartment, shut off from the world. Or is this maybe the world? It’s not clear why 76-year-old Eric and 43-year-old Elvio are together. The young man tends the old one and does odd jobs. They are bored and quarrel, seemingly waiting for death. But in their loneliness, they are condemned to each other, because there is no other world than this.
One day, a man-sized periscope sticks up from the floor. Who or what thinks it is necessary to keep an eye on their grey lives? God? The NSA? Or is it the downstairs neighbour? Kiko Goifman’s absurd and theatrical feature debut, which mixes documentary with fictional styles just like his non-fiction work, wonders what changes when you know you are being watched. Does the eye of a stranger suddenly give life any point? Does it illuminate loneliness? Or is this periscope maybe the mind’s eye, and are Eric and Elvio looking at themselves?
Film details
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 2013
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2014
- Length
- 85'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
