千重子(山口百惠饰)和苗子(山口百惠饰)是一对孪生姐妹,出生后的姐姐千重子,由于家境贫寒无力抚养,即遭遗弃,幸而为一家绸缎批发商所收养,成为一名养尊处优的小姐。而妹妹苗子,虽没有被父母抛弃,却在襁褓中便成了孤儿,长大后自食其力,到山里种植北山杉。一次偶然,相貌相似的她们由于一条腰带的契机,姐妹俩的身世真相大白。雷雨袭来时,在杉林里无可遮蔽的情况下,苗子便毫不顾惜自己,以身体庇护姐姐。姐妹俩久别重逢,但因彼此生活方式不同,终于不得团圆。为了不影响姐姐的幸福,苗子宁可远遁深山僻壤……
SynopsisIn the Allegory of the Cave, Plato ponders: what would happen if one of the prisoners managed to free themselves from their chains and escape from the cave? What if that prisoner were Jay, a little 7-year-old boy?Director’s statementWhat lies behind the daily movement of a city? Last winter, we met in Paris and began discussing the Allegory of the Cave, as told in Plato’s Republic. The myth imagines humanity living in chains, facing the back of a cave, and watching shadows move on the walls, thinking it is reality. We both work with images, which certainly can be illusions, but can also become instruments of struggle and liberation of thought. So, from this discussion, we decided to create a short film. We had a few fixed ideas—the cave, the dance, the city bustling around us—and one question: what would happen if we all managed to turn together towards the exit of the cave? Perhaps it is not enough to assert that images are illusions as long as the chains that bind us are real.
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