Trafic (1971)

Second viewing; first viewed between 1983 and 1986.

English title: Traffic.

An automobile show is upcoming in Amsterdam, and a French company is planning to unveil a revolutionary camper model. The transportation of this car in a truck from France to Holland is full of incidents.

Practically a filmed essay about cars. The displacement of the human element by the machine is possibly the strongest thematic element, but it's not a film driven by a message. Instead of moving along the single highway of social critique, it gently explores multiple side roads of humor and poesy.

Rating: 66 (unchanged)