A layered animation technique slowly reveals three personal stories of grief. The young characters open up with calm, honest observations about the perspective-shifting experience of suddenly losing a parent. Dreamy renditions of people and places accompany the disturbingly young voices in their sad but peaceful goodbye.
Also in this combined programme
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Ombligo de agua
Young, well-off overachiever Alina seeks solace in the arms of people who’ve had less luck in life. -
Souvenir
Lives affected by the sea, presented through images of collected souvenirs and personal stories about love, loss, distance and loneliness. -
salt, pepper to taste
A young woman seeks to escape the suffocating atmosphere at home and wanders the streets of Baku, portrayed as a wonderful blue-grey city.
Film details
- Country of production
- Czech Republic
- Year
- 2018
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 10'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
