Indefenso

A boy and a girl are mischievously making their way home from school one afternoon when their frolicking about almost ends in tragedy. They split up and as the lad starts to play with his bright red aeroplane he is bumped into by a rather aggressive looking man man who appears to be in an hurry. As he is picking up his now broken wings, two other men arrive - obviously in pursuit - and intimidated by their behaviour he points to the hiding place of the man. As they proceed to chase the stranger, the boy makes his way home - but is he alone? There's no dialogue here, just a gradually accruing sense of menace that is quite well held together by the audio mix; the use of shadow and the innocence of a child preoccupied by his broken toy yet concerned by an open window! It's all about the last half minute, and is worth a look.