[animation] Marie Paccou: Un jour (1997)

There's nothing like grabbing your attention right at the start! As the camera trucks out, sure enough, there is a short little guy sticking out of the lady's stomach with his legs and feet protruding from her back. The woman does get used to her visitor, and so begins this film about their relationship.
The new arrangement requires some adjustments and the woman calmly cuts a couple of wide holes in her dress so the little fellow can poke his front and back ends out. At meal time, the two sip their soup from bowls on two separate tables, one above, one below. While in the bathtub, the little man (still attached to his host) wears a swim mask and breaths through a snorkel.
The co-existence of the couple is peaceful and even harmonious; tired from carrying the groceries home and half way up the spiral staircase, the woman stops for a breath. The little man gives her a hand by picking up the two bags for the rest of the climb to her apartment.




Certains films nous marquent plus que d'autres. Ce fut le cas de Un jour de Marie Paccou, un petit court métrage d'animation que j'ai vu voilà au moins 5 ans, je ne sais plus précisément où, clermont, annecy, ailleurs.
Et puis plusieurs années après, en dessinant, je m'aperçois que j'ai beaucoup emprunté à cette métaphore, de représenter la présence, l'amour, comme une manière d'être habité, et l'absence comme un grand vide physique.

My own rip