Narrated by Rotterdam's city poet Dean Bowen with his memorial poem 'always a kind of onward' the viewer is challenged to relive the bombing of the city of Rotterdam on the 14th of May 1940. However, this time, in the context of the present. In a city rebuilt, a heedless community moves forward. The clock hits five 'o clock. Leftover wage slaves drip homewards; an old couple can't even remember each other's existence and a young pregnant woman struggles to find her way in an ... (Full plot summary below)
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Narrated by Rotterdam's city poet Dean Bowen with his memorial poem 'always a kind of onward' the viewer is challenged to relive the bombing of the city of Rotterdam on the 14th of May 1940. However, this time, in the context of the present. In a city rebuilt, a heedless community moves forward. The clock hits five 'o clock. Leftover wage slaves drip homewards; an old couple can't even remember each other's existence and a young pregnant woman struggles to find her way in an overcrowded subway. For just a moment, time freezes. Stuck in an infinite feedback loop. Until a colossal eruption awakens the city and embraces it in a blanket of black smoke. Taking everyone's breath.
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