Nine minutes. One man. Two of him. Your brain will need a cigarette after.
A loose interpretation of the poem of the same name by Dutch poet M. Vasalis, "Time" follows a grieving man who is plagued by a strange and prophetic dream.
Cinematography
Black-and-white frames that'll haunt your Instagram for weeks.
Direction
Antonov directs AND plays both selves. Ego? Art? Both work.
Editing
Time freeze cuts that make you question your own blinking.
Director
Nikolai Antonov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
M. Vasalis (1909-1998) was a psychiatrist-poet obsessed with the uncanny in domestic spaces—basically the original 'everything is fine in this house' horror queen.
The 9-minute runtime mirrors the poem's brevity; every second is a stanza. That timer isn't just plot—it's punctuation.
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