Gavin Hood的导演处女作,全长只有22分钟,虽然不是默片,但是却完全没有对白。这样的特别处理使得电影的影像更加的令人印象深刻。 电影讲述了一个屡次被小偷光顾的小杂货店店主,用不断升级的手段对抗不断升级的犯罪行为,直至最后局面失控。 和大多数导演的处女作一样,《店主》是部被忽视的短片,虽然手法比较简陋,甚至连同期录音都没有,更是没有对白,但是却更深刻的描写了犯罪率极高的南非社会现状,要知道南非当时的失业率高达40%。An elderly man owns a small, isolated general store, somewhere in rural South Africa. After suffering a series of burglaries, which culminate in the murder of a night-watchman, the Storekeeper finally takes the law into his own hands - with tragic consequences.