Synopsis
Consisting of 19 short episodes, Marco Pozzi‘s <20-Twenty> is a medley of different genres: western, musical, mockumentary, thriller, splatter, surrealism. Strictly speaking, it may fall under the category of road movie or buddy film, but such a classification is not relevant. There is no earth-shattering plot in this sometimes dry and sometimes elegant portrayal of two people on the road. Beatriz, a stubborn and seemingly cold woman who always has a cigarette in her mouth and Eva, a high-strung vegetarian are the two women on a journey. Occupying a central role are cigarettes. The film begins by showing a cigarette case, and the characters in the film are never caught without a cigarette throughout the movie. The end scene shows cigarette smoke flowing up to the sky, much like a kite. Furthermore, the interstices of episodes are filled with cigarette smoke. As Marco Pozzi hinted, perhaps the cigarette symbolizes enslavement and degeneration, and the burning cigarette, a metaphor for fleeting moments of life. The collection of 19 episodes depicts life in a humorous way, each episode representing each cigarette in a pack of twenty, leaving the last one to let the audience choose. There is no mesmerizing spectacle, no chilling thriller, and no irresistible humor; but Marco Pozzi’s <20-Twenty> leaves you with much to think about. (KANG Sung-ryul)