A man digs a hole to the sea. That's it. That's the film. Obsessed yet?
Every now and then a man feels the urge to drive to the sea and dig a hole in the sand. Armed with his red hat, his yellowed tank top and his shovel, he works avidly and with devotion. Passers-by ask themselves questions about the crater that keeps getting deeper. What drives this man and when will it end?
Direction
Torfs turns 12 minutes of digging into genuine tension.
Cinematography
The hole becomes a character; the sea waits patiently.
Director
Tijs Torfs
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Belgian cinema has a rich tradition of absurdism; Torfs studied at KASK, where deadpan obsession is practically a thesis requirement.
The film premiered at Clermont-Ferrand, the world's largest short film festival, where programmers noted audiences couldn't stop talking about a hole.
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