The Song Of The Cricket

The Song Of The Cricket

****

Reviewed by: Scott Macdonald

The real charm of this short is the way it takes the pulpy crime stereotype of the One Last Hit - and turns it eloquently on its head. A terrorist militant wants to leave his organisation to start a new life with his girlfriend - who is represented tenuously in the movie by the other end of a mobile phone conversation.

To be released, he must assassinate an important councillor, but the would-be murderer has trouble when the target turns out to be someone from his past.

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Director Dany Campos has spent a great deal of time making this flick look slick and professional, quite enough to shoulder the mild deficiencies in the script. It is well-cut, grabbing your attention in the first minute. It intrigues and delivers on the promise of the character-based suspense.

It also poses the simple, yet profound question of just what does your life mean to others? In life, no one really asks it, nor do we answer.

Reviewed on: 18 Aug 2007
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An ETA militant tries to cut the ties with his past. Showing at the EIFF as part of European Shorts 1.

Director: Dany Campos

Writer: Dany Campos

Starring: Asier Hormaza, Manuel Hernandez, Alfonso Torrogrosa

Year: 2006

Runtime: 18 minutes

Country: Spain

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