Hugs

The story begins in the basement of a worn-out blues bar in Louisiana in the 1980s. A few regular customers are having a drink. A guitarist gets on stage and everybody comments on the newcomer. The guitarist draws the attention of the audience by tapping the microphone. He introduces himself. He will tell them the true story of Blind Boogie Jones.

Oscar is a child germinating in its parent’s garden. Its body is developping underground. Nobody knows its biological sex but he wants to be a boy. One day, Oscar gets out of the ground and discovers his female body. After this painful discovery, is his desired identity finally going to be accepted?

When 17-year-old Anna Lorentz returns to Narvik in 1940 with her older sisters and brother, they find their town destroyed. They recover the family home, and survive the years that follow by running a hair salon. All this time, Anna nurtures her own dream.

A jealous god creates a universe and places an androgynous creature that he separates into two complementary beings. In spite of the traps set by the atrabilic god, the creatures will not stop wanting to meet again. In Chinese philosophy, Yin and Yang are two entities resulting from the original breath. These are two opposing but complementary forces.

Short animation by Nicolas Fong made as student at Atelier de Production de La Cambre.

This film is a tribute to Charlie Chaplin and Richard Gere. Even if I only know Richard very badly, I think Bill looks like him. Obviously we prefer Charlie, and Bob is my Charlie. It is also a tribute to my two daughters who suffer from the same "mirror syndrome" (no... of course not).