It's the day of Jacob and Lise's marriage. They run away from their party to a lonely farm yard. Here they are going to celebrate their honeymoon. There is only a strange neighbor, He tells them that he has been hunting a thief for more than 30 years. The young couple makes a trip to the forest. Jacob has a strange encounter with his neighbor. When he returns, Lise tells him that she has lost her wedding ring. Strange meetings between the neighbors occur.
After some time we see that present and future tense are happening at the same time. The old couple is a projection of the young Jacob and Lise. Reality and projection are mixed, but actually: what is reality and what is projection.
It is also disclosed that she actually never lost the wedding ring. She invented the story to ensure the love of her husband and after 30 years she has given up that hope. Hope is patient, but 30 years to reach this insight seems a bit long.
I saw this at CPH:PIX. Thorn has the same structure as Le ciel étoilé au-dessus de ma tête by Ilan Klipper which I saw on the same occasion, thus a story that starts in a realistic way and then questions what actually is real. However, it seems to me that Klipper has more to tell, more strings to play with, while Tzafka's story is relatively simple and in its own way straightforward.
3/10
After some time we see that present and future tense are happening at the same time. The old couple is a projection of the young Jacob and Lise. Reality and projection are mixed, but actually: what is reality and what is projection.
It is also disclosed that she actually never lost the wedding ring. She invented the story to ensure the love of her husband and after 30 years she has given up that hope. Hope is patient, but 30 years to reach this insight seems a bit long.
I saw this at CPH:PIX. Thorn has the same structure as Le ciel étoilé au-dessus de ma tête by Ilan Klipper which I saw on the same occasion, thus a story that starts in a realistic way and then questions what actually is real. However, it seems to me that Klipper has more to tell, more strings to play with, while Tzafka's story is relatively simple and in its own way straightforward.
3/10
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