Parents go looking for their little boy who vanished into a flight of birds.
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Commentary on the film
A tender and delicate film. An invitation to take the time to look at and appreciate the poetry of everyday life that sometimes escapes us out of habit, the little things in life.
A parable of mourning
The short film can also be interpreted as a parable of the mourning of a child.
The poetic image of the little boy who flies away with the birds then disappears, the parents' concern then the hope of finding the child, evoked by the chase with a bird, can be an opportunity to explain to children the principle of figures of speech such as allegory or more simply comparison.
Difficult exercise, but why not ask children to personify an abstract notion, difficult to express in words, such as time, friendship, joy using concrete things like animals.
Like children's drawings, the deliberate simplicity of the cut-out paper characters and watercolor sets will certainly invite children to imagine characters and invent their own story.
Questions about the film
Understand the story and themes, express your feelings and develop critical thinking.
1Do you recognize the building at the start of the film? The Eiffel Tower.
2What city does the film take place in? Paris.
3What are the everyday objects that we encounter in the film? Houses, street lamps, a stroller, cars, a flower, a small car, a bench, birds, a flowerpot, an ice cream seller, a small windmill (pinwheel), antennas, umbrellas, a puddle, a man repainting a wall, a tree, leaves in the wind, a lady at the window, a homeless person, children playing ball, a balloon seller, a train, a cat.
4How does the director show the rain on the buildings (3 min 5 s)? He uses watercolor as a technique and lets the paint soak into the paper.
5How does the little boy disappear? He disappears in the flock of birds.
6Why do the parents follow the bird? He thinks he can find their child.
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Created with the support of the French Ministry of Education and the French National Center for Cinema and Animated Images (CNC).
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