Exploration
Director: Joerg Burger
Seen on: 28.03.2015

Plot:
Two women are talking in what is quickly revealed as a psychiatric setting. But who analyzes whom?

Exploration is an interesting short film, but I did call the big twist rather early. Nevertheless it was fascinating to watch.

[SPOILERS]

It turns out that Exploration is footage of an actual psychiatric training talk, with a psychiatrist playing a patient, and a younger trainee trying to figure out what’s wrong with her. So first the trainee tries to evaluate the performed mental health, than the doctor tries to evaluate the trainee. I thought that would be the case pretty early on, so I leant back to enjoy the acting performance of the doctor – because she was frankly amazing. I do wonder if she would be up to shooting a film. That would be great.

But apart from that performance the film remained too much of a sterile concept, though one that is not without effect.

Summarizing: Interesting.