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La Maison en Petits Cubes
つみきのいえ
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Synopsis
In a flooded town where the waters are ever-rising, an old man must constantly build new floors onto his home in order to keep dry. But when his favorite smoking pipe falls into the watery abyss beneath him, he dives into the depths of not only his house, but memories of years past. Tsumiki no Ie is a short film about the everlasting effect of time on one's life—how it can swallow the past entirely, and how one must learn to continue moving forward despite what has already happened. [Written b...
Background
In 2008, Tsumiki no Ie won multiple awards, including the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and the Annecy Cristal prize for short films. The film also won prizes at the Hiroshima International Animation Festival and the Japan Media Arts Festival.
Audience Guidance
AIRecommended age: 13+
mild
Disturbing themesThemes of aging, memory loss, and the passage of time may be emotionally heavy for sensitive viewers.
mild
Substance useA smoking pipe appears as a sentimental object; no glorification or active use shown.
This wordless, 12-minute animated short follows an elderly man navigating a vertically expanding home in a flooded world, diving through submerged floors that represent his past. It's a poignant, visually poetic meditation on memory and loss with no dialogue, violence, or mature content beyond mild thematic sadness.
FAQ
La Maison en Petits Cubes has 1 episodes.
La Maison en Petits Cubes is currently finished airing.
La Maison en Petits Cubes was produced by Oh! Production.
La Maison en Petits Cubes aired Jun 10, 2008.
La Maison en Petits Cubes is based on a Original.
This wordless, 12-minute animated short follows an elderly man navigating a vertically expanding home in a flooded world, diving through submerged floors that represent his past. It's a poignant, visually poetic meditation on memory and loss with no dialogue, violence, or mature content beyond mild thematic sadness.
