Winner of Academy Award short Animation 2009 from Japanese director Kumio Kato concerns an elderly gentleman struggling to save his house despite the fact that the tide is rising steadily all around it.
As his town is flooded by water, an old man is forced to add additional levels onto his home with bricks (cubes) in order to stay dry. But when he accidentally drops his favorite smoking pipe into the lower levels of his home, his search for the pipe eventually makes him relive scenes from his eventful life. This is the story about his memory with his family. |