"I am Hand"

Friedrich 2022-04-19 09:02:43

Minimalist style, very little dialogue. The protagonist is me, and I am the hand. The supporting role is him, he is the body.

I was a part of him, so close to every second. I listen to everything he has, and have no right or consciousness to refute. As long as it is what he wants, I will fight for him. I remember the beaches he took me to, the feeling of the sand running through my fingers... And of course I knew he wanted to catch a fly.

Later, she appeared in his life, like an enchanting flower. But the good times didn't last long, and she rejected him. In the tortuous life, he saw a fly again, I obeyed his order to catch it, and I did my best to cooperate with him. He sacrificed me unintentionally, and he didn't know that at that moment, I had caught him the fly he wanted from childhood... Desire is the original sin, but it lingers like a fly Killing endlessly. She is an episode in life, not getting what you ask for, but also temptation and frustration. He went through ups and downs, and then indulged in desires that had long seemed to be within his reach.

When I woke up again, I was in a different place. I have never hesitated, facing all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, I want to go back to him. However, when I finally returned to his side after all the hardships, I found that he had started a new life without me, despite the pain. He didn't know about my return, and I didn't bother.

I seemed vital to him, yet seemed irrelevant. He had me all his life, so he never really took me to heart. Even after losing me in an accident, he never looked for it, just accepted it calmly. He felt the pain, but it was nothing but a pity and unwillingness. Although he sacrificed me, he made me see new hope and everything that could possibly belong to me. And I never thought that one day I would be independent from this world. He is, I am, and I am no longer part of him.

Later, I learned that he finally let go of his desires, broke through the cage, and gained his own freedom. He doesn't need a loyal knight anymore, maybe I'll go back to the beach and enjoy the warm sand again...

It is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes.


If he is me, then who am I?

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  • Arne 2022-03-26 09:01:12

    In fact, the hand part has almost nothing to do with the theme of the movie that reflects the emotions of the protagonist, it is just a gimmick

  • Kamryn 2022-03-25 09:01:19

    The angle is rather curious, and it feels very cult. In fact, he is a frustrated male protagonist. When he was a child, he killed his parents in a car accident. When he grew up, he couldn't do anything well. It would be ridiculous if such an animation can win an Oscar by hitting a fly.

I Lost My Body quotes

  • The Father: I never said it was easy. You can't win every time. That's life.

  • Naoufel: That it must be peaceful to be cut off from the world like that. To see nothing... hear nothing...