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There is such an animation, which can be called the most creative surreal animation of the year.
Wonderful, unique, weird, amazing, brain hole and fun together, romantic and sad, and touching heart in mourning...
It's not an exaggeration to describe it, it is definitely an animation masterpiece that cannot be missed this year.
The film won the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival International Film Critics Week Unit Award, the Annie Award for Best Independent Animation Nominations, and the 29th Annecy International Animation Festival Best Animated Feature Film Crystal Award...... .
and numerous Film Critics Association Awards for Best Animated Feature.
It's called "I Lost My Body".
Based on the novel "Happy Hand" by Guillaume Laurent.
The films "Amelie" and "Schizophrenia" are also his masterpieces.
The more you watch French animation, the more real you will feel the charm of animated films.
This animation is a good example.
In fact, its story is not complicated, but the advantage lies in its unique setting, ingenious editing techniques, and very infectious soundtrack...
The film is divided into two clues, one line is quite cult film temperament, telling a story about adventure.
The other line is a realistic story of despair mixed with hope.
At the beginning, we see that the protagonist of the film is a severed hand.
This severed hand is conscious, walking, more human-like.
He escaped from a laboratory in Paris, running around like he was looking for something.
He slid across the street through the skylight, past the indifferent crowd...
Like a stray dog.
Driven by pigeons, duel with rats, escape from the dog's mouth...
But also dodging garbage trucks and ants.
Finally, unfortunately fell into the water, cleverly used tennis as a lifebuoy...
What is this hand looking for?
It turned out that he and his master shared a common memory.
He ran all the way, just to be reunited with his master.
With more curiosity, the second story unfolds.
The boy Lauufiel, he used to have a warm and happy home.
Although their family immigrated to Paris, their parents were intellectuals and lived a stable life.
As a child, he wanted to be a pianist and also an astronaut.
However, life is not as smooth as you imagined, and you don't know when the unexpected will come.
A car accident took away the boy's parents.
Let his life keep falling.
To survive, the boy who grew up became a pizza delivery man.
But he is introverted and reticent, and his work is not very good.
Being reprimanded by the boss, renting a small room with someone you don't like, no friends...
There is no color or hope in his life.
Until a meal delivery, the boy met a girl.
The girl's name is Gabriel, and they talk through the door.
She was angry because he was 40 minutes late, but his polite greeting made her even more angry.
And because of the door that couldn't be opened and the heavy rain, it gave them more opportunities to get in touch.
From arguing to chatting, from chatting to caring, they gave the boy new expectations.
In order to get close to the girl, the boy went to apprentice carpentry, and gradually they became friends.
They chatted about books and life together, and he also built her a wooden igloo that she liked.
Later, he confessed to her and confessed that he was the food delivery man back then.
Unexpectedly, fate always likes to joke about a person.
This made her very disgusted, and she left in anger.
Frustrated, the boy caught flies with his hands during a job.
However, his hand was cut off by the machine.
This is what makes a broken hand a broken hand.
In the end, Broken Hand found the boy and tried to connect with the master, but failed...
The repeated cuts of hands, flies, and tapes in the film connect the boy's past and present.
From this we pieced together the boy's whole world.
A childhood accident, the death of a parent.
Inner trauma, immigrant suffering.
The wandering soul, the helplessness of fate,
The loss of love, the shatter of ideals.
The desire for freedom, self-identification...
These are important parts of a boy's life.
Although it was difficult to live, he still did not give up on life.
Just like the boy's attitude towards fate: you need to occasionally break the routine, do something unexpected and do not regret it.
He challenged his fate, leapt and flew from the roof to the tower car in the distance.
At this moment, we feel a brief moment of relief and freedom, surprise and sadness.
As the same netizen commented: Our greatest joy is not the realization of our dreams, but the strenuous leap out of the manipulation of fate.
This freedom to break through all restraints is the heartfelt desire of every person living in reality.
Perhaps, there are still many disappointments in his future life, and the ridicule from fate.
But I think he finally got the courage to live.
Like the fate that the fly represents.
None of us can easily grasp it, and the more we try to grasp it, the more accidents we may encounter.
Maybe life will constantly kill our dreams and even make us lose the courage to take risks.
Just like the severed hand, in a sense it also represents the adventurous heart that the boy wants.
Together at the end of their journey, they witness a farewell to the dream of an astronaut.
Then, have to dive into the present life and continue to live.
However, even though the world is cruel, it is still worth loving.
Like that boy, we too will have control over the best moments of our lives.
Maybe, more than once.
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