2º – Irreversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002)
The film begins with the sentence: “Time destroys everything”. Events of a tragic event are told from the end to the beginning, showing all the cruelty of chance. Here time is shown as an untouchable, quick and unforgiving sphere. The option to change the default chronological model of telling the story only produces more substance to the already heavy events of the plot.
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1º – Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
An old man is forced to face the existential emptiness that his life has transformed after ruling his life by an inseparable coldness in social contacts. ‘Wild Strawberries’ shows how past experiences can never be recovered or transformed and ponders the nostalgic nihilistic aspect that ultimately pulls the individual out of the real world. A masterpiece in all its aspects.
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