The fate of Nora, a supermarket cashier who lives happily with her boyfriend Aron, and that of Natan, a loving father who works as a night watchman, cross paths when misfortune turns their lives upside down.
Acting
Rosendahl's silent breakdown in aisle three.
Direction
Minoguchi makes mundanity feel cosmically significant.
Cinematography
Fluorescent lighting has never looked this poetic.
Director
Mariko Minoguchi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The supermarket was a working Real location; Rosendahl trained as an actual cashier for two weeks. The fluorescent hum is real, not foley.
Minoguchi cited Krzysztof Kieślowski's 'The Decalogue' as direct influence—specifically the cosmic irony of strangers bound by invisible threads of consequence.
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