The main idea of the film is that we all have unconscious drives and anxieties that could manifest themselves sometimes in a very unexpected situations. Although the story is about two men desiring the same woman, for me the three protagonists are also representing the structure of the Ego proposed by Freud –Ego (Writer); Id (Designer) and Superego (Actress). There are two main action lines in the film – the one between Actor, Writer and Designer themselves, and the other between them, the restaurant staff and bankers. The latter is characterised a kind of power struggle. It is clear that every one of them are afraid of something – Writer and Actress are afraid of ending up on the tabloid magazine, Designer is afraid of not being considered as the real artist, Waiters are afraid of losing their jobs. The neurotic trio is opposed to the bankers enjoying themselves, the performance artists whose hypnotic show seems to be addressed to them. The idea of the unconscious or irrational becomes most clear in the Writers decision to go back to the restaurant, interrupt a party and get the Actress‘ jacket. He is a kind of man who normally wouldn’t put himself through this kind of trial but as the author of the story, Mati Unt, says: there is something primordial in his activity, in other words - it’s his moment. When he enters the restaurant through the back door, he will pass through the dark corridor and takes the stairs down which would serve as the figure of the unconscious. The division between everyday and unconsciouness should be stressed also with lighting –there is a warm dim light inside and cold bluish light outside.
The overall style of the film should be realistic, so the absurd moments would be more expliciting. One of the examples for that could be Scorsese’s After Hours. The important part of the film is humor which is mostly given through the dialogues between the characters.