Le film à venir

A far too surreal of a short film, "The Film to Come" by Raul Ruíz concetrates on a philantrophical group who call themselves as "Filokinetas" who help people in need through the use of a repetitive 23-second film frame that doesn't end (and goes by the name of the film's title). One day, that film is stolen and chaos ensues, disrupting their "therapies" and "rituals". Besides the eccentricity of it all and the unusual editing of everything, the main appeal to cinema lovers is related with such notion that films, images and sounds can help or save lives, or give a sense of improvement - I'm a believer in that. Yet the oddity of this film is something extremely hard to define, to give a proper description or even a wild relevance to life. It's abstract art, each viewer will find the answers and questionings as enigmatically presented by Mr Ruíz. It didn't hit me so deep as a memorable experience, but it has a certain fascination and an appeal within. 6/10.