Safety

France, USA2018fiction14'Konkurs krótkometrażowy (2019)

Full of suspense, this adaptation of a short story by Lydia Fitzpatrick (“Lights All Night Long”), a respectable author from across the ocean, is a tale about responsibility, courage, faith and hope in a crisis situation, almost hopeless, which takes into account a child’s perspective. It turns out that Gus Van Sant did not exhaust the topic of school shootings with his 2003 film “Elephant” and today it is more topical than two decades ago. A group of primary school students finish their PE class. Suddenly, they can hear the sound of shooting. We are in America and these are not military exercises. The teacher must protect children from danger at all costs. Not much time or possibilities are available. The killer may soon appear in the doorway.