He Watches

He Watches is a four-minute short film based on a poem by Nobel Laureate Wislawa Szymborska. From the opening title 'The bomb will go off in the bar at 1:20', the story unfolds through the terrorist's point of view, as he waits for the blast. People enter and exit the bar, and as we countdown the seconds, the characters are brought into hyper-reality by the uncertainty whether they will live or die. The film focuses on the fragility of life, told through the small everyday moments on a Berlin street corner in the minutes before the explosion.