A man is being robbed and stabbed by a junkie and in the last second before he dies, a youth friendship flashes before his eyes
Direction
Hulsing's rotoscope technique makes memory feel slippery and alive.
Score
Jazz score that haunts like a song you forgot you knew.
Cinematography
Oil-painted backgrounds that bleed between past and present.
Director
Hisko Hulsing
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hulsing spent seven years painting backgrounds after rotoscoping, making this 17-minute film an obsessive labor of love.
The adult characters' voices were recorded first, then animated — but the childhood scenes were improvised by actual kids, explaining that uncanny authenticity.
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