Timecode

2016 [SPANISH]

Drama / Romance

2
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 80%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 1956 2K

parking garage security guard short film

Plot summary

Timecode is a 2016 Spanish live-action short film directed by Juanjo Giménez. Luna and Diego are the parking lot security guards. Diego does the night shift, and Luna works by day. One day, Luna's boss asks her to investigate a broken tail light. It won the Short Film Palme d'Or award at 69th annual Cannes Film Festival in 2016. It is also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 89th Academy Awards in 2017.

Director

Juanjo Giménez Peña Photo
Juanjo Giménez Peña

Top cast

Vicente Gil Photo
Vicente Gil as Jefe
Lali Ayguadé Photo
Lali Ayguadé as Luna
Nicolas Ricchini Photo
Nicolas Ricchini as Diego
Pep Domenech Photo
Pep Domenech as Pipiolo
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145.02 MB
1280*538
Spanish 2.0
NR
Subtitles es  
23.976 fps
12 hr 15 min
Seeds 3
269.06 MB
1908*802
Spanish 2.0
NR
Subtitles es  
23.976 fps
12 hr 15 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by planktonrules 6 / 10

Enjoyable...though I am a bit surprised it was nominated.

Luna works a rather boring job at a parking garage. The payments are all automated and all she does is watch the lot on her monitors as well as occasionally patrolling the lot. However, when her boss asks her to review footage from the night before, she discovers that her co-worker working the other shift is behaving very strangely as he makes his rounds…and Diego inspires Luna to have an all new outlook on her job.This is a cute but rather inconsequential film. I am not saying it's bad, but it's by far the weakest of the five nominees and won't change your life. I am actually very surprised the short was nominated. However, I also have to admit that the final line of the film is hilarious and makes it all very worthwhile.
Reviewed by ferguson-6 8 / 10

it takes two to tango

Greetings again from the darkness. Talk about a tough sell … a short film from Spain about two parking garage security guards! Remarkably, director Juanjo Gimenez Pena takes a job known for being monotonous, isolated and boring, and delivers a very entertaining 15 minute film. Not only was it named Best Short Film at Cannes, but it's also nominated for Best Live Action Short at this year's Academy Awards.Lali Ayguade plays Luna, who works the day shirt. Nicolas Ricchini plays Diego, who takes care of the night shift. Their paths cross briefly and nonchalantly as they move from dressing room to the chair in front of the CCTV camera monitors.A pure coincidence allows Luna to discover a secret about Diego's work habits. Soon enough a flirtatious mating dance is occurring shift after shift … with no more than a post-it note and a few basic salutations being exchanged. It's a simple and cute feel good film with a killer punchline, and it's also a lesson in how to liven up the most mundane of occupations.
Reviewed by emvan 9 / 10

Truly Original, and Best of the Oscar Nominees

You have to be a true cinephile to stay out until 11:30 PM on a weekday to see a program of not just short films but short foreign-language films ... after one of them had already been chosen as the Oscar winner (removing any benefit of winning your Oscar prediction pool!).I'm proud to say there were about 30 of us at my local art-house cinema tonight. All five of the nominated films were very good, but we broke into applause after just one -- TIMECODE.If you see a lot of movies (Friday I'll see my 100th film released in 2016), you place a high value on seeing a story you had never seen before or even imagined. Other reviewers acknowledge how delightful the film is, but they seem to be indifferent to the fact that the very premise is delightful.And finally, unlike some of the other contenders, there isn't an ounce of predictability, sentimentality, or credulity-straining plotting. It starts out fresh and surprising, and remains so at every turn.
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