Weerasethakul's contribution to an omnibus production exploring analogies between football and everyday life. The project was created by Mexican film director Daniel Gruener and originally broadcast during the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Every new Plympton short is a happening for indie animation lovers. On this occasion, the creator presents us with an ecologically-inspired short, a bit removed, according to his own words, from his usual subjects. Knowing him, there’s sure to be a surprise.
A love triangle of one woman and two cocks.
‘Footprints is an impressionistic fusion of film history and poetic vision. Bill Morrison achieves a lyrical examination of the process of perception and the development of motion pictures. Alternately humorous and edgy, Morrison’s rhythmic editing gives the film a visual pulse, like a heartbeat.’ – Jan Christopher Horak, Curator, International Film Festival of Montage 1993.
一次意外中,少年弘濑琢磨(小清水亚美 配音)的双眼失去了光明,这为他内向的性格更增添了一层阴影。父亲将琢磨托付给乡下的叔叔代为抚养,同时也希望乡间闲散的生活能够治愈他受伤的心灵。在乡间,琢磨结识了个性活泼开朗的姐妹神乐萤(成濑未亚 配音)和神乐雏田(田中凉子 配音),这一对姐妹乐观的态度让琢磨的心扉敞开了不少,同时,班级中的田端唯(安田未央 配音)等同学也令琢磨暂时忘却了痛苦。
与此同时,那个叫做小日向早美(樱井浩美 配音)的女孩出现在了琢磨的视线中,由于家族的缘故,早美只能隐居在深山之中,接受居民们的憎恨和排斥来替家人赎罪。早美的坚强感动了琢磨,在两人的努力下,同学们也逐渐的接受了早美的存在。一切都看似往好的方向发展,直到村长说出了那个和早美有关的,足以摧毁琢磨灵魂的秘密。
影片根据泰·加涅发表的的文章《高处:雪地里的脚印引发了一场温情救援》(High Places: Footprints i n the Snow Lead to an Emotional Rescue,暂译)改编,讲述了母亲、护士兼登山爱好者帕姆·贝尔斯的故事,当她独自跋涉华盛顿山,被暴风雪困住时,她遇到了陌生的登山者并为其展开了一场大胆的营救。