The aging Joakim wants to have inner peace by effacing his past, which is marked by a large loss. But in order to do this, he is forced to confront his past and to relive his life's nightmare one last time.
Before watching Tarkovsky's Solyaris and Stalker I never knew what Danish critics and directors were talking about when they praised a film by saying that it had a Tarkovskyan touch. Now I know and in this short film I can declare it has a Tarkovskyan touch :-)
Haunting images of a Swedish lake in the morning with fog and many experimental tricks at display make this film a wonderful experience.
Like Pixar make a short film every time they make a new long animated film, perhaps this is the short film Zentropa made when Lars von Trier was making Antichrist.
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