The Cannes film festival always is an important event. It isn’t only used for promotion, but also to sell movies to distributors to make sure they are viewed by a wider audience. This isn’t only the case for feature films, but also for short movies. Earlier this year Reflection was shown in the short film corner. Even though I wasn’t there I did get a chance to check it out.
The movie is about a hitman (Pavle Ilić) who is forced, because his daughter is ill, to make enough money to take care of her. He decides to accept two big assignments, where he needs to make an important decision which could have a lot of impact.
Reflection has been shot at various locations in Monte, with some shots beautifully realised using a drone. It is hard to say something about the acting when you don’t speak the language, but because of the short length of the film and not a lot of dialogue it was sufficient. What didn’t work was the relationship between the hitman and his wife. Music is used throughout the film, but I felt it wasn’t subtle enough, making it stand out, especially when there was a change of scene. So this short has a couple of things I didn’t like, but it’s got elements which do work especially visually. After watching the trailer though my expectations were higher than what the final product delivered, which lacked a bit of tension.
Trailer:
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