Detached from typical Sci-fi genre patterns, the short film deals with human questions. The focus of the story is on being connected to the memory and on remembering. It is set in the bunker-like basement of an abandoned complex after an eco-disaster breaks out in the Biblical town of Bethlehem. The two scientists whose existence, which is primarily linked to memory, raises essential questions. In addition, there are the different approaches of the scientists to remembering and dealing with their own conflicts and memory of the Homeland, striving in order to be able to create a future. Yet throughout this lumbering claustrophobic infused psychological odyssey we are surprised to find the ideas constantly relevant to the characters, though they are not overly familiarized in this esoteric setting. The film editing is filled with a collage of brilliant imagery contrasted with orchards, atmospheric shots.
Overall, short film is more of an exploration of emotion and apathy. It is dreamy, minimalist science fiction and the power of this film is like a hypnotic score, it gives you room to explore your thoughts and still have time to stay current with the movements of the film with feeling of hopeless doom. Not for everyone but the viewer needs to interpret the fantastic imagery to make something of the plot. If you're familiar with Maya Deren, Jane Arden, Ayoub Qanir, Slavko Vorkapich, Ed Emshwiller, Takashi Ito, E. Elias Merhige, Peter Tscherkassky, David Lynch and Isidore Isou's experimental work, and appreciate it, it's a MUST SEE.
