Interesting, I suppose, that both the Israeli (this, "White Eye") and Palestinian ("The Present" (2020)) films nominated for Live-Action Short Oscars this season are both critical of the indignities and injustices inflicted upon ordinary people by law enforcement. This one involves a stolen bicycle, which is only made worse by calling the police, who are more interested in paperwork and deporting illegal immigrants than serving in the capacity for which they were called.
The cinematic-technical hook is that it's shot in one take, with the circular camera tracking reinforcing the circular issues here over a bike, migration and law. The only two minor flaws I found were that around the 12-and-a-half-minutes mark the camera operator appeared to have stumbled momentarily, and the symbolic ending is rather silly. I mean, does he also need an illustration of the unintended environmental harm caused by his wastefulness. Quite well done otherwise.
