 The film captured an international audience and prestigious awards in its innovative approach to still photography. The technique utilized the burst mode-a photo camera s ability to record a rapid succession of images-in telling a chance encounter. A young woman, snapping photographs in a big city, is attacked and loses her camera. The assault sparks the attention of a young man whose attempts to save her are in vain. In the end, her lost camera becomes his only clue to finding her.