"Timecode" is a 15-minute short film from Spain. It was released last year (2016) and scored an Oscar nomination for writer and director Juanjo Giménez Peña. He is relatively established already in filmmaking in his country, aged in his 50s, but it is still his biggest success of course. This is the tale of two security guards in a parking lot who communicate through dancing and maybe make their apparently boring (professional) lives a tad more interesting this way. I am not really sure what i just watched. This one did not feel realistic, funny or dramatically relevant, even if the moment we saw them dance together at the end was kinda nice, maybe the best thing about the film as they fail to make a connection through words, but they manage through art and this art is also what really describes them and defines them, not their work. But still, this was a bit awkward all the time and I was not really a fan of the story. From the Oscar nominated live action shorts this year (seen 3 out of 5), this was the weakest by now and it's the first one where I would say it's not deserving of the nomination. if you want to read my thoughts on the other four nominees, go check out their title pages. As for this one here, I don't recommend the watch unless you are one of the people I mentioned in the title of my review. Also make sure you got subtitles unless you are fluent in Spanish.
Review of Timecode
