beautiful, funny, sad & true

This beautiful little animated short film needs to be shared with the world.  Fans of the accordion and of Hugh Manatee–a.k.a the human spirit–will find it particularly touching.

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“We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.”

–Tom Stoppard, “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead”

Love it.

Also, here’s a longish interview with Gary Oldman about the film.

Super-ultra-mega-thanks to Cristina for sharing this.

Surely you can spare twenty minutes of your busy life to watch something so beautiful.

Ballon Rouge from Christopher Walters on Vimeo.

Here’s the first segment; you know what to do if you want to watch the rest of them.