P-047 is a movie in the form of a jigsaw puzzle that gets the format mostly right. A key-maker and a film-continuity-assistant who aspires to be a writer team up to sneak into empty apartments during the day when the residents are away. They do this to observe and experience the varied lifestyles of people, thinking of it as borrowing their identities for a few hours. As expected, something goes wrong. The movie is about understanding these two characters, and the machinations of the plot that is told in a non-linear fashion. Without ever getting too complex, yet never really unraveling the entire puzzle, the movie works for the mental exercise it instigates, during and after the movie. The movie leaves itself open to multiple interpretations, yet neither is completely satisfactory as there will always be someone who will counter-debate a different but equally plausible interpretation. And therein lies the fun!
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