Synopsis

The often quoted midlife crisis, triggered by the monotony of everyday life, hits many people in their forties. A delightful portrayal of normality and the alternatives to it between family, friendship, job and sex.

The film will be presented within the frame of SHORT FILMS: FRIENDS & STRANGERS together with the following productions:

Thirteen and a half minutes
(Tizenhárom és fél perc)
HUN 2013 | 15 min.
Language: Hungarian w. Engl. ST
Director: Georgina Hegedűs.
Thirteen and a half minutes. This is exactly how long a young man must wait with a stranger he just hit with his car until the rescue team arrives. An unusual love story and delicately staged snapshot.

Under the Sea
RUS 2014 | 23 min.
Language: Russian w. Engl. ST
Director: Nikita Ordynskiy.
A young poet, lying injured on the railway tracks, is found by a deaf-mute girl and taken into her secluded fairytale world. A warm, lovingly told story about art and perception.

The Wires
(Provoda)
RUS 2013 | 6 min.
Language: Russian w. Engl. ST
Director: Tatiana Moshkova.
The word “sorry” gets lost in the phone lines, without ever arriving anywhere. The message: Often, it is a little word that can change our lives for the better.
 
Games
(Gry)
POL 2013 | 28 min.
Language: Polish w. Engl. ST
Director: Maciej Marczewski.
The elevator is stuck, a man and a woman are trapped inside. They make up stories to pass the time, but end up playing mind games, setting free strong emotions in a confined space.