When The Lights Go Out

by Igor Cobileanski · Romania/2006

DVD Mailorder  |  DVD-Download  |  PAL 4:3  |  Dolby 2.0  |  Region: free  |  8.16 min.  |  2006  |  Romanian  |  Subtitles: English/German  |  FSK: 6 years  |  Label: KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg e.V.

It all started with a bet. Can you put a lightbulb in the mouth and get it out again without breaking it? In Moldova, a country where poverty prevails, a few seemingly easily earned dollars are very welcome. The funny experiment develops into an infectious mass phenomenon.

In a poor country obsessed with making easy money, 100 bucks are enough to lose your mind for a couple of minutes. The members of a rock band come up with a bet: if you stick a light bulb into your mouth, you can't pull it out anymore. However absurd this idea may seem, it will prove to be contagious.

   

Festivals & Awards

Film Credits

• Transilvania International Filmfest (TIFF)
• Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Berlin
• Alsterfest Strumica 

 

When The Lights Go Out was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 June, 2010.