In light of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, millions of their citizens made the complicated decision to leave, moving en masse to destinations such as Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia, Latvia, Turkey and Germany. A choice fraught with danger and uncertainty, it requires a great, torturous leap into the unknown. Inspired by his own personal story, Director Pavel Kling makes great use of a single apartment to depict one woman’s choice to exit Russia, carefully cataloguing the small decisions that could have a massive impact on the rest of her life. Employing a variety of immersive sound effects, great lived-in production design, excellent use of space and dry, yet evocative voiceover, Bad Timing soberly counts the cost of leaving everything behind. We had the chance to talk to Kling about his own journey to Kazakhstan and back, working with his brother on the spare yet effective soundtrack and how the...
- 6/12/2023
- by Redmond Bacon
- Directors Notes
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