Stylised black-and-white film about the relationship between a man and a sink in the sea. Playful with the uninhibited boy, reserved towards the violent young man and deteriorating but resigned with the old man, this sink symbolises man’s different life stages and prompts reflection.
Also in this combined programme
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Newton
Is it funny or very serious after all? Newton gets a book on his head. Eureka! Gravity! So it’s serious. -
rise
Listen with your eyes shut and you hear a story about parents and their child. Look with your ears shut and you see a street… -
Earth
The artist looks at the Earth and sees it is no good. Between the rubble, he drapes people as impotent beings and looks at them… -
The Snail on the Slope
Literary animation takes us into the forest, guided by critical questions about the relationship between man and nature. Hypnotising and unsettling.
Film details
- Countries of production
- Singapore, Thailand
- Year
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 10'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam Digi PAL
