Synopsis
In the Allegory of the Cave, Plato ponders: what would happen if one of the prisoners managed to free themselves from their chains and escape from the cave? What if that prisoner were Jay, a little 7-year-old boy?
Director’s statement
What lies behind the daily movement of a city? Last winter, we met in Paris and began discussing the Allegory of the Cave, as told in Plato’s Republic. The myth imagines humanity living in chains, facing the back of a cave, and watching shadows move on the walls, thinking it is reality. We both work with images, which certainly can be illusions, but can also become instruments of struggle and liberation of thought. So, from this discussion, we decided to create a short film. We had a few fixed ideas—the cave, the dance, the city bustling around us—and one question: what would happen if we all managed to turn together towards the exit of the cave? Perhaps it is not enough to assert that images are illusions as long as the chains that bind us are real.
师伟,黄非,李景波,邸力,方化
黄晓明,邓超,佟大为,杜鹃,王真儿,乔治·安东,杨晨,张籽沐,雷昊汶,佟磊,刘天佐,Claire Quirk,Daniel Berkey,公翠英,于膨玮,冯仑,宇轩,胡明杨,柏明,唐晓峰,凯特琳·菲茨杰拉德,杨轶,吴越坤,张跃德,毛大庆,田朴珺,John Taylor,闫锐,Barbara Malley,Tracey Ilgner,Catherine Gibson,Anthony Santoro,艾梓童,黄卫,黄天齐,康晟闻,雷瑷嘉
陈西贝,宋洋,启航
徐爽,士东
段奕宏,郭碧婷,戴立忍,刘雅瑟,谢依霖,谢楠,冯馨瑶
基姆·古铁雷斯,玛尔塔·埃图拉,安东尼奥·德·拉·托雷
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