Here we have a half-hour Swiss short film from 8 years ago. The writer and director is Reto Caffi and it is a bit sad to see that he (just like his co-writer) has not made another film or even short film in the almost 10 years since this was made. "Auf der Strecke" was nominated for an Academy Award, but lost funnily enough to another German-language movie. Then again, the language in here is Swiss German for the most part. It's actually an entirely different language than German, so even German native speakers may have a hard time understanding the dialogs. It's almost as difficult as Dutch. However, there are also several parts in here in common German, which everybody will understand. Pretty much the entire second half is in German.
The central character is a department store detective and he has a crush on a woman working in the store where he constantly watches her. It's actually a bit of stalking already. He also, intentionally, takes the same train home as she does. One day, he sees her with another man in the subway and the woman and the stranger seem close at first, but then have an argument and the woman leaves. The stranger gets into a heavy argument with a bunch of young men who are looking for trouble. The department store detective is in the same train all the time and watches it, but then decides to leave at the next station. The next day, he hears a devastating message which will have a crucial impact on his blossoming relationship with the woman he desires. All in all, a decent short film. I would probably not say it is among the year's five best short movies, but I certainly recommend it and I hope Caffi will, at some point, have a career again.
The central character is a department store detective and he has a crush on a woman working in the store where he constantly watches her. It's actually a bit of stalking already. He also, intentionally, takes the same train home as she does. One day, he sees her with another man in the subway and the woman and the stranger seem close at first, but then have an argument and the woman leaves. The stranger gets into a heavy argument with a bunch of young men who are looking for trouble. The department store detective is in the same train all the time and watches it, but then decides to leave at the next station. The next day, he hears a devastating message which will have a crucial impact on his blossoming relationship with the woman he desires. All in all, a decent short film. I would probably not say it is among the year's five best short movies, but I certainly recommend it and I hope Caffi will, at some point, have a career again.