This short animated film was really depressing. It starts off with this man and woman having a brief sexual encounter. He then leaves her to go back onto his ship, somehow giving the woman a false belief that he is going to return. She stays atop the hill, waiting for him to return some day. As time progresses we see that she is pregnant and has the child. The animation shows that she and her child are connected still through the umbilical cord and the child continues to grow. They continue to await the return of the man from long ago. He eventually returns but he does not return alone. He is with another woman and they ruthlessly take the child from the woman by detaching the umbilical cord. Then they drive off with the woman's daughter, waving as they go. The woman is so upset that she runs away from the spot that she had been at for many years. She then proceeds to commit suicide by disassembling herself. In the end, she flies away just like a butterfly.
This story was so sad and depressing. It was interesting how the producers put together the animation. I thought the last scene when she's taking herself apart one by one was absolutely brilliant. It was an interesting way to show how she commits suicide, very original. The opera in the background was very emotional and really spoke to the animation.
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