A ray of early morning sunlight shone into Mr. Xiong's room, the alarm clock at six o'clock sounded on time, Mr. Xiong pressed the alarm clock, continued the last unfinished steps, and in a few moments, Mr. Xiong's mechanical box was finally completed. The camera gradually pulled away, the two "bear prints" on the bed were particularly warm into the eyes, Mr. Xiong rubbed his eyes, there was no time to rest, there were more important things to do.
The Bear's Tale is a Chilean animated short film directed by Gabriel Osorio Vargas, which tells the story of Mr. Xiong with his performance box to tell the unforgettable past of a family of three. The film was released in Chile in 2014 and won the Best Animated Short Film Award at the 88th Academy Awards.
The whole film is only 10 minutes long, the length is very short, the story is simple, but the details in the film are very complicated.
The first thing that catches the eye is the broken and dirty room on the wall of Mr. Xiong's bedroom and the "bear print" of Mr. Bear and his wife on the bed, especially the larger mark of the "bear print" is illuminated by the sun, while the smaller one is covered by shadows, which has to be associated with the idea - where is Mr. Xiong's wife? Did you go out for a walk with your kids?
Secondly, when Mr. Xiong walked to the bear child's bedroom, the neat bed, there was a bear doll on the bed, and the shelf on the bed was placed with the bear child's favorite toy, which was left with fine dust, and the murals on the wall and the photos of the home were also reminiscent.
After Mr. Xiong finished breakfast alone, he went out with a heavy mechanical box. Mr. Xiong came to the bustling street to shake the bell, attracting children on the side of the road to watch, this is a black bear came over, Mr. Xiong slowly looked at it, and then Mr. Xiong shook the mechanical box, which is a warm story of a family of three bear families slowly told us.
A family of three living a peaceful life, this day The bear father's family was eating dinner at home, when suddenly, a group of "demons" dressed in neat and gorgeous black clothes broke in, and the bear father was captured by them in order to protect the mother bear and the baby bear. They took Papa Bear and many other animals to the circus and forced them to perform acrobatics, and the other animals gave in, but Papa Bear did not give in, he has been thinking of his family and looking for an opportunity to escape.
Later it finally broke through the cage, all the way back to the home, the home is broken, chaotic, the bear father is very sad, because the bear mother and the baby bear do not know where to go, this is a pair of bear paws stretched out next to it, it turned out that the bear mother and the baby bear have been waiting for the return of the bear father, and since then the family of three has lived happily together.
Seeing this, I can't help but think, is this the story of Mr. Xiong? But where did his wife and children go? Did the bear wife really go out for a walk with the kids in the morning?
Mr. Xiong's pocket watch, there is a family portrait, I know that Mr. Xiong loves his wife and children. If the box is Mr. Bear's story, then the family portrait in the pocket watch is its hope and love!
The story of the film is indeed very simple, even too monotonous, but the feelings that the author wants to express and the deep meaning implied in the details are what the film really wants to express.
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