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An expressionist cinematic poem based on Walter Rheiner's short story Miramée. An apocalyptic vision of a world ruled by suffering, death, and a lack of hope that forces people to be constantly on the run. Kelemen calls on ominous scenes of wartime-walls filled with bullet holes, rusting steel structures, vehicles engulfed in flames, and above all cattle cars-treating them like small vignettes in which fragments of a macabre play are performed. One night in the pouring rain, a woman in trouble staggers along a deserted street. A man rescues her, putting her in a car traveling through the city. Their spotlit faces and parts of their bodies emerge from the dark blue shade, while depressingly symbolic scenes can be seen through the window. Kelemen's camera moves slowly, smoothly, portentously indifferent, while the soundtrack attacks the audience with tapping and rasping, echoes of pre-war melodies.They end up at a bombed-out hotel that is more like a labyrinth. Trying to survive, the two are together, get lost and then find each other again. (New Horizons International Film Festival)
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