Response to "10 Minutes"

"10 Minutes" by Ahmed Imamović
The main narrative is that an Asian man is touristing in Rome, Italy and he wants his photos developed. The Asian man waits for his developed photo about 10 minutes. The frame narrative is that the boy, Memo is asked to bring some water and bread, but when he comes back in 10 minutes, his parents are killed in blasts. Comparing and contrasting the two narratives, it is seen that both of them last 10 minutes, and they happens accurately simultaneously. However, the 10 minutes for the Asian tourist is so short. He even is surprised to the new technology which satisfy him get photos washed only in 10 minutes. On the contrary, the 10 minutes is a long story for Memo. During Memo’s trip to get food, he meet lots of his friends including neighbors, snipers, citizens and so on. Everybody at that time suffers a difficult life. Some of them even get injured because of the war. By contrast, the Asian tourist has a happy life. It is seen from his photos that he has a wonderful and happy tour with his family. Everybody in the photo has a big smile. Life is different for different people. It isn’t fake. Life is just so cruel.