Sandra Rad’s satiric short Gimi is not in the Film is both humorous
and dark detailing a young woman’s distress as she marches down a highway with
a suitcase, which we soon learn contains a dead pet named Gimi. The protagonist
calls the owner, perhaps a sister or a friend, pleading for her to understand
that she is not as fault for its death and will prove it by taking Gimi to a
vet and finding out the cause of its death. She continues on her quest down the
road as cars overtake her almost blowing her summer dress away. Suddenly two
men approach her creating a threatening atmosphere – the viewer becomes nervous
of an impending assault as they stare the woman down head to toe. They assist
her with her suitcase and inquire about its contents. Embarrassed about the
situation, she answers “some computer parts” at which point the men glance at
each other at the opportunity and run away with the suitcase. In the tradition of New Romanian Cinema, Rad
focuses on a current issue faced in Romania, that is, the existence of petty
crime. She makes a commentary on the idea that the behaviors of the communist
past, where individuals needed to steal, exchange foodstuffs and buy black
market in order to survive still exist in the present. And it will take a very
long time for such things to repair.
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