This is one of the most incredible short animated films I have seen lately. It is difficult to explain why such an abstract clip is so engaging and thought-provoking, so full of energy and mystery. It's not only well drawn and spectacularly animated, but it has a very enigmatic atmosphere and energy. At watching it, I thought of those energies that create and keep together different elements in a conglomerated rock, the way some geological elements bond and conglomerate forming almost unbreakable rocks. However, this is not a lesson in Geology, it is a minimalist piece in which cubical animated stones gather and mate following indescribable energies that attract or reject a stone cube to each other. It is a courtship dance, in a way. It doesn't matter if the events happen in a sci-fi planet or in a fantasy world, in the present or the past. One wonders, why this is happening and what brings the different elements together. What are those energies that we see in the story and what is coming. One wants more!
On the other hand, the story not having a main character, cute or hate-able, to which pin the viewer's attention, this has to have a specific visual narrative, sound, music and magic to keep us watching. I found amazing that Boulbès was able to create so much with so little elements.
The film is elegantly minimalist, energetic and powerful and the interpretation options are wide. Therefore, it will satisfy any inquisitive mind and animation lover looking for something new.
A mesmerising conceptual short film from the point of view of conception, realisation and cinematic narrative. Not for everybody, as it is very abstract.
