Colony Kitchen (1970)

The Radar read

A quieter title still finding its audience, though the rating rests on a thin sample, so treat it as provisional.

Synopsis

Colony Kitchen was shot by the Pacific Coast Highway in California. Hiding her camera, Hafif filmed a young man pacing back and forth in a restaurant parking lot. He is joined by a second man who likewise seems to be waiting for something. After a while, a car pulls into the parking lot and a woman gets out. The three talk for a while, then the woman crosses the street. The men get into a parked vehicle and drive off. Toward the end of the film, the camera pans to the right, showing the action along the shoulder of the road and the moving traffic. A little later, the woman, too, returns into the field of view.

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