AFTER THE RAIN
A shepherd lives alone in a secluded valley, accompanied only by his flock of sheep and his loyal dog. The shepherd has a remarkable ability: he shears the sheep and creates clouds with the wool, which rain upon the valley, keeping it verdant and fruitful with plants and nature.
But when the shepherd passes away, the valley begins to become barren, and the sheep are in desperate need of shearing. The dog must find a way to continue the shepherd's work -- or risk the decimation of his home.
Created by students from the French animation school MoPA -- Valerian Desterne, Juan Olarte Zuniga, Carlos Osmar Salazar Tornero, Lucile Palomino, Juan Pablo de la Rosa Zalamea, Celine Collin and Rebecca Black -- this wise, gentle animated short uses its serene, whimsical visuals, storytelling clarity and an impeccable score to weave a beautiful parable about nature, balance, loyalty and legacy.
It charms the eyes and ears with its soft, rounded shapes and beautifully clear colors, rendering both characters and settings with sensitivity, grace and keen attention to detail and gesture to communicate emotion.
Whether it's in how the shepherd pets the dog or how the canine wags its tails, the love between the pair is well-worn and palpable, as is the dog's grief and bewilderment when the shepherd passes on. Yet there's also soft, good-spirited humor to be found, as when the sheep puff up with their exuberantly overgrown wool.
And like the best of animation, which uses its ability to imagine anything to create magic beyond realism, there's also a lovely sense of surprise and delight in its flights of fancy, as when viewers watch wool become life-giving clouds, with a whimsical lightness and buoyancy.
But it also doesn't shy away from the problems and dilemmas found even in this little corner of paradise, and when it becomes clear that the dog must find a way to continue his master's work.
AFTER THE RAIN really excels with its storytelling, and though its running time is less than nine minutes, it possesses the profundity, wit and wisdom of much larger narratives. Like many great stories of children's literature, it taps into the archetypal and symbolic, using universal emotions and dilemmas in service of moral and emotional clarity.
Using charm, humor and a sense of pastoral innocence, AFTER THE RAIN gently teaches a lesson about the interconnection of nature, as well as the way we honor a loved one's legacy and meaningful commitments. It places living beings with agency and the ability to act as a crucial part of the larger ecosystem, and in a way, implies that we are all shepherds looking after nature, picking up and continuing the work and responsibilities of the good spirits before us.
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People pouring a warm drink around a campfire
People pouring a warm drink around a campfire
People sharing a warm drink around a camp fire in the early evening.
People pouring a warm drink around a campfire
People sharing a warm drink around a camp fire in the early evening.
People pouring a warm drink around a campfire
People sharing a warm drink around a camp fire in the early evening.
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La chaîne officielle de la série et du film Minuscule.
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Ce docu-cartoon qui cultive l'impertinence et multiplie les références cinématographiques, dépeint dans des décors réels les aventures délirantes d'insectes en images de synthèse.
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In a deserted spot at the heart of a natural valley, a couple of young lovers has just finished a picnic lunch. The young man is taking a nap under the pine trees, while his girlfriend, who is pregnant, is reading a book and munching on strawberries. Suddenly the young woman starts to have contractions. Her companion wakes in a state of panic and helps her up. The future parents rush off in their car, leaving the tablecloth with the remains of their picnic lunch behind them.
At the same time, not very far away, under some leaves at the edge of a clearing, a ladybug is giving birth to three baby bugs. After their first lesson in how to take off and fly, the little family starts to head home...Except that the littlest ladybug is also the most intrepid one and prefers discovering the outside world to obeying his mother and takes off alone in the forest. Very soon the brave little ladybug meets a gang of flies that taunt and chase him. The ladybug tries to escape, but due to his lack of experience he is soon overtaken by the gang, loses control and falls into a crevasse. Left for dead by the flies, the ladybug slowly comes to and realizes he has lost a wing in the accident. When night falls, he crawls out of the crevasse and calls out for his parents. As no one answers, the ladybug starts to wander in the forest in the pouring rain and finally finds refuge in a tin of sugar cubes abandoned by the young couple.
The following day, a column of black ants, attracted by the scent of sugar, heads for the tin box. On orders from their leader, Mandible, the worker ants lift up the box and start to take it back to their ant hill. A little later, the ladybug, who had remained inside the box, saves the ants' lives by chasing away a lizard, thus earning his place among the ants.
But it is just the beginning of a series of adventures those will lead the ladybug and the black ants to fight against the red ants, to keep their sugar box :D
Активные и любознательные черные муравьишки обнаруживают брошенную после пикника коробку с сахаром. Дружный отряд муравьишек вместе с Божьей коровкой решают переправить лакомство в муравейник. Но сладкая коробка уже успела нарушить спокойствие во всей долине, и свои планы на лакомство появились у других обитателей леса, в частности — у злобных красных муравьев-захватчиков. А, стало быть, на пути к заветной цели черным муравьишкам предстоит преодолеть массу опасностей и приключений.
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Burlesque, décalée et poétique, Minuscule est une rencontre improbable entre Microcosmos et Tex Avery.
Ce docu-cartoon qui cultive l’impertinence et multiplie les références cinématographiques, dépeint dans des décors réels les aventures délirantes d’insectes en images de synthèse.
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Minuscule - Compilation #9
MINUSCULE revolves around the day-to-day existence of insects which are presented in burlesque situations, with a fair amount of philosophical contemplation thrown in. A cross between a Tex Avery cartoon and a National Geographic documentary !
La chaîne officielle de la série et du film Minuscule.
Burlesque, décalée et poétique, Minuscule est une rencontre improbable entre Microcosmos et Tex Avery.
Ce docu-cartoon qui cultive l’impertinence et multiplie les références cinématographiques, dépeint dans des décors réels les aventures délirantes d’insectes en images de synthèse.
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