The clash of the transportation and classes is sharply mapped out in this short. I watched this some time ago but just tonight viewing "Mandabi" by the same director reminded me of this film, which was literally driven by the main "actor" (he never appeared in anything else it seems, so maybe he really was a charioteer in un-reel life??).
His emotions on screen at the cemetery gate and in being soul serenaded, seem so authentic. His persistence in hitting the tracks and motivations to make the right move over making money, cannot help the viewer to root for him, when he finally gets what appears to be a big break. A rich powerful person offers him to help him out with an immense reward (i.e. similarities to Mandabi), the juxtaposition of their status, their clothing and even the physical forbidden aspect of the charioteer's home and the destination zone where he was to take his cart (I forget what the area was called, but it had that "gated community" without the visible gate feel).
Short and powerful.
His emotions on screen at the cemetery gate and in being soul serenaded, seem so authentic. His persistence in hitting the tracks and motivations to make the right move over making money, cannot help the viewer to root for him, when he finally gets what appears to be a big break. A rich powerful person offers him to help him out with an immense reward (i.e. similarities to Mandabi), the juxtaposition of their status, their clothing and even the physical forbidden aspect of the charioteer's home and the destination zone where he was to take his cart (I forget what the area was called, but it had that "gated community" without the visible gate feel).
Short and powerful.