Pizzas

In a sun‑splashed city where the ordinary collides with the uncanny, a newly released Latvian film paints a road‑movie‑like journey across neon‑lit streets and quiet suburbs. Director Pakalnina blends bold pop‑culture flashes with sweeping widescreen compositions, creating an avant‑garde backdrop that feels both playful and oddly weighty. The story follows a young pizza delivery man whose daily routes become a moving stage for the film’s off‑beat humor and lingering dread, hinting at the same restless energy that inspired the real‑world tale of two fast‑food workers daring enough to reach for something far beyond their shift.

At the heart of the narrative is Michael Karthikeyan, a practical skeptic whose ingrained fear of anything supernatural keeps him firmly planted in the tangible world of deliveries and receipts. He shares a modest, hopeful life with his girlfriend, Anu, an aspiring novelist whose imagination constantly nudges the couple toward the edges of belief. Their dialogue crackles with a tug‑of‑war between Michael’s rationalism and Anu’s teasing prophecies of unseen forces, a dynamic that becomes especially resonant as they contemplate marriage and a growing family. The film lets their everyday rituals—ordering, waiting, the quiet moments between routes—glow with an undercurrent of something inexplicably off‑kilter, inviting viewers to wonder how far ordinary love can stretch before it brushes against the inexplicable.

The tone remains a delicate balance of lighthearted comedy‑tragedy and cryptic suspense, never fully revealing whether the strange sensations drifting through the city are genuine hauntings or the by‑products of youthful ambition and whispered fears. Visuals pulse with color, while the soundtrack flickers between nostalgic pop beats and eerie ambient tones, reinforcing a world where the line between the living and the unseen feels perpetually thin. As the pair navigate the thin veneer of their routine, the film asks whether belief is a comfort, a curse, or simply another route on the endless map of their lives.

Last Updated: October 07, 2025 at 13:29