2019 Winners & Shortlists

Write a short summary of what happens in the film.

A Cosmolite falls upon hard times with a change in hands, as it finds itself in a cold anonymous city, with a gentleman who has clearly seen better times. We follow the two in a melancholic story as time and life do their best to wear them down.

Provide the full film script in English.

ACT 1 We open on at a bus station. As a bus departs we notice that a red Samsonite Hard Luggage bag has been left behind She carries with her a handbag, and a big suitcase. It catches the eye of a middle-aged, vagrant. He walks towards the bag, trying not to catch anyone’s attention. It looks he has a limp and that he has had it for a long time. He casually examines the bag, and decides to take it with him. Looks around to see if anyone’s noticed him. We’re with him in his shabby looking home. He tries to crack open the bag. Is unable to. Frustrated, he unleashes all kinds of assault on the bag. The bag is unaffected. He tried to pry open the lock and fails. He tosses the bag against the wall. Cut to him walking with the bag, to a grey market, where with the help of a locksmith, he someone manages to crack the bag open. He goes through the contents inside the bag. But finds nothing of any value to him. He is disappointed at all the wasted effort and leaves the bag at the locksmith's and walks away. As he’s walking away, we see him struggling to walk. He stops. Has an idea. We see him turn back. ACT 2 Cut to the same street, where we see him now walking a bit more comfortably. As he uses the red colored Samsonite hard Luggage bag with wheels as a rolling crutch. He’s much older now. The bag has now become an important part of this person’s life. It helps him live through the tough times, the tough miles. We see what his daily life is like. Strolling around with the red bag. Leaning on it, his limp that went untreated years earlier has now become a permanent disability. We see a vignette of how the bag helps him out. He uses it to fend off street dogs. He uses it as a protection from the rain. He uses it to sit on it when tired. He’s also picked up a new job. He now stands on the streets, selling magazines. He keeps the inventory in the bag. He’s also grown to be popular, almost like a landmark. People take to him. Passerby’s joke with him and he jokes back, café owners give him free coffees and so on. One day. As he’s getting on a metro. the door shuts between him and his bag. He feels a tremendous sense of loss, along with the viewer. He’s panicked. He’s nervous. He gets back to the place and to his relief the bag is safe and sound. He has a breakdown. As he sits on the side of the road for the longest time with the bag. Pondering about the life that has been. We also notice, that there had always been a label inside that had the clear address and phone number of the owner of this bag, but the man never returned the bag until now. ACT 3 We see the old man now. Taking a trip. Somewhere to the outskirts of the town. We see that the bags with him. We feel like he’s leaving town. We see him make the long trip to an obscure apartment block. He sits down near the door of the building before taking the elevator and hastily tries to arrange the contents of the bag a little more neatly. He reaches the door he is looking for and rings the bell. We see a woman from the back, in the middle of something, kids, family all in the house. She casually goes to open the door. We see the old man isn’t there anymore. Just the bag. We realize the woman is the same woman he stole the bag earlier from. We see her shocked looking at the bag. Her young child looks down the stairs curious who left it there.