19 December 2010

"Even pigeons go to heaven"


An animated short nominated for the Academy Award in 2007.
An old man, Moulin, has cut off the world and lives a miserly existence on his own.  One day he climbs a pile of books so he can reach a bottle of spirits and the stack collapses.  Fortunately a priest arrives to stop his fall but notices that the old man has brought something else to the ground as well as the bottle - a red sock containing all his savings.

The priest promises Moulin salvation if he signs over the money.  He has a device which will ensure his entry in to heacen but the old man wants to see more proof....
A cute story, but what impressed me was the quality of the animation.

Via Kuriositas.

3 comments:

  1. What could the moral of this story possibly be?

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  3. Versions of the Faustian bargain go on engaging us.

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