This beautiful film short, Baobab, by Nicholas Loesner is a beautifully haunting example of art depicting life. A retelling of a classic love story in the vein of Romeo and Juliet but with a hopeful twist that reminds us that life and love has a way of surviving.
This is a student graduation piece by Nicolas who is working on becoming a CG animator. One thing that you can say is that he understands the heart of a story. He sees that all of life’s stories are intertwined by the actions that we all take. And that the cycle of life and death is interspersed with the actions of those who seek to dominate, so that they can control this chain. But the spirit that drives us all will find a way to make its wishes known, even against the most grave of odds we face. Respect the cycle and learn from it, because it’s outlived us all.
I hope that we see more from Nicolas because he has a masterfully artistic voice that should be shared.
– thanks to Vimeo for this heartbreaking piece
