Polk

The filmmakers, telling the story of the mysterious murder of journalist George Washington Polk in Thessaloniki in 1948, eschew classic narrative and chronology and, while conducting viewers through a maze of facts, memories and investigations, they literally loop the space-time continuum. The attempt to solve the mystery is, in fact, a never-ending entrapment - the dynamic plot turns on its own axis. Polk travels between worlds and emerges from timelessness. Like Sisyphus tied to his restaurant table, he repeatedly eats lobster, his last meal. He leaves behind friends and family filled with longing and, suitcase in hand, seeks a train in abandoned train stations. Meanwhile, he discusses the theory of storytelling and it is that theme that seems most important in Polk. What kind of logic rules the world? And, will we ever be able to control it? (New Horizons International Film Festival)