Dissecting one traumatic event with incredible cinematic invention, Koen Mortier’s 22nd of May ricochets from realist drama to taut thriller to dreamlike surreal fantasy. One seemingly ordinary day turns to disaster in a single moment for shopping centre security agent Sam as a bomb explodes in his workplace. Shellshocked and disorientated, he encounters victims and perpetrators, trying to understand exactly what’s happened and why, as the lines blur between dream and reality, guilt and innocence.
- Countries
- Belgium
- Director:
- Koen Mortier
- Running Time:
- 88 mins
- Subtitles:
- Yes
- Year:
- 2010
- Showing:
- This is a past event.
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This was a great idea and I liked the main man, but a bit po-faced for me and I wasn’t convinced by many of the motives. I wonder if he’d seen Dead or Alive II? That’s obviously what dead people really do.