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Skhizein
Animation, Drama
Having been struck by a 150-ton meteorite, Henry has to adapt to living precisely ninety-one centimeters from himself.
An animated short that runs for only 13 minutes, this tells the rather comical and yet sad story of a man affected by a meteorite in a most peculiar way. Once he has been struck he finds that his body is now constantly 91 centimetres from where it should be. To open a door, sit down, answer his telephone, etc, he has to perform all of the actions exactly 91 centimetres away from where he normally would, laws of physics having taken a long walk off a short pier.
With a warm, wonderfully rendered style and a mixture of great detail and enjoyably abstract moments, this little piece of animation is, quite frankly, an absolute joy. The bizarre central concept is brilliantly realised and handled so well that you never laugh AT the ridiculousness of the whole thing although you do get a chance to laugh ALONG with a number of great moments.
Writer-director-animator Jérémy Clapin is someone I hope continues to produce great work and go on to even bigger and better things. On the strength of the quality on display here, he most certainly deserves it. from imdb
Won Kodak Short Film Award in Cannes Film Festival, 2008
Directed by Jérémy Clapin / France / 2008
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Very well done, interesting idea
That was fantastic. Loved the idea and the narration.
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[...] Skhizen – I saw this short film at a presentation of the 2008 animated Oscar shorts. Strangely this film was not actually a selection, but thrown in to give the program a longer running time. This was by far the best film I saw though. It’s about a man who is hit be a meteor and dispaced from his body by 91 centimeters. The style is beautiful and concept is brilliant. [...]
The concept of this short film was really interesting in the beginning and as it progressed I realized I could relate to it more than I thought. Very brilliant.
This is one of the most remarkable works of graphic art, psychological content. comprehensive. artfully sensitive work I have ever had the pleasure of viewing. Congratulations to the combined efforts of animators, derivers of content and other worthy traits of being beyond entertaining. There must be a word for it but maybe only in French. Excellent!
depressing in my part.. but nice film, i would say
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