Synopsis
IntheAllegoryoftheCave,Platoponders:whatwouldhappenifoneoftheprisonersmanagedtofreethemselvesfromtheirchainsandescapefromthecave?WhatifthatprisonerwereJay,alittle7-year-oldboy?
Director’sstatement
Whatliesbehindthedailymovementofacity?Lastwinter,wemetinParisandbegandiscussingtheAllegoryoftheCave,astoldinPlato’sRepublic.Themythimagineshumanitylivinginchains,facingthebackofacave,andwatchingshadowsmoveonthewalls,thinkingitisreality.Webothworkwithimages,whichcertainlycanbeillusions,butcanalsobecomeinstrumentsofstruggleandliberationofthought.So,fromthisdiscussion,wedecidedtocreateashortfilm.Wehadafewfixedideas—thecave,thedance,thecitybustlingaroundus—andonequestion:whatwouldhappenifweallmanagedtoturntogethertowardstheexitofthecave?Perhapsitisnotenoughtoassertthatimagesareillusionsaslongasthechainsthatbindusarereal.