24 Galeti, 7 Soareci, 18 Ani

Marius Iacob
Romania | 2011 | 39 min
Language : Romanian
Subtitle : English

 

An elderly couple, charcoal-makers in the Romanian countryside, perform the same actions every day of their lives. But the world around them is changing. As almost archaic figures, they become a tourist attraction, visited by people wanting to breathe the atmosphere of times past. Under the impassive gaze of the camera, a performance worthy of the theatre of the absurd.

A remote spot in the Romanian countryside. Two charcoal-burners, a man and a woman, perform the same actions every day, like the generations before them. Already elderly, they chop wood, clear the ground, prepare the heap, fire it and wait for the wood to turn into charcoal. Meanwhile, in front of their broken-down old caravan, they calculate all the possible  combinations for winning the lottery and listen to news of the world on the radio. Sometimes, the modern world reaches them in the form of tourists brought by savvy, business-minded guides. As almost archaic figures, they have become a tourist attraction, visited by people from other countries wanting to breathe the atmosphere of times past. Between the two groups, looks are exchanged, strange conversations take shape, photographs are taken, impossible friendships formed. When the tourists have gone, the guide pays for their services and all reverts to normal. Under the impassive gaze of the camera, a performance worthy of the theatre of the absurd.

Luciano Barisone

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