Synopsis
Seven directors from different nations came together to make one film. They explored birth and death, love and destiny, the past and the present, chaos and peace, imagination and myths, opportunity and decision, and heaven and hell all under the main theme of "time". Each director takes "time" and manipulates it to create his vision given the time limit of 10 minutes against the backdrop of the sound of the trumpet. A young newlywed couple leaves his homeland to work in the oil producing areas of Siberia in Aki Kaurismaki's . In , Victor Erice juxtaposes a wounded baby and its mother to the world that goes on oblivious to their pain to illustrate birth and death. Werner Herzog's takes the director to the rain forests of Brazil to meet a primitive ethnic group that had been "discovered" by civilization just two years ago to show how civilization has irrevocably changed them. And in by Jim Jarmusch shows the 10 minute break of a young actress. by Wim Wenders shows the duality between the road, rock 'n' roll and time and how it affects one's existence. Spike Lee's shows how the presidential elections were robbed in the space of 10 minutes and how it changed the course of history forever. Chen Kaige's is a parable set in modern Beijing, satirizing human instinct in the face of rapid changes. The second part, will bring together directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Claire Denis, Mike Figgis, Jiri Menzel, Michael Radford, Istaban Szabo and Jean-Luc Goddard will also expose another visions of the directors.(Ellen Kim)