Through the Hells of Animation 2

Disconcerting video editing makes Val Kilmer’s dozing body twitch. A troubled soul and restless memories rise to the surface.

The mocking transvestite, the raging dog, the prophetic clown and the little girl, all united inside the desperate protagonist. A crisis full of poetic dignity.

A bird with a swan’s neck nestling in hands, a gently wooded peninsula of longing: Atsushi Wada’s dream and shame logic of a sexual awakening.

While an adolescent boy follows his clique to a shits and giggles party, his mother floods their sparse home with separation anxiety. A mysterious tale of cutting the cord.

Like little dots, people appear in the depths and at the periphery of stunning panoramic shots. The colossal landscape turns into an infinite space of fear.

Children who play judges teach the neighbour’s boy a lesson. A scenario of bullying, based on Charles Bukowski, shows murderous group dynamics in rough comic book style.