<p> Synopsis<br/> IntheAllegoryoftheCave,Platoponders:whatwouldhappenifoneoftheprisonersmanagedtofreethemselvesfromtheirchainsandescapefromthecave?WhatifthatprisonerwereJay,alittle7-year-oldboy?<br/> Director’sstatement<br/> Whatliesbehindthedailymovementofacity?Lastwinter,wemetinParisandbegandiscussingtheAllegoryoftheCave,astoldinPlato’sRepublic.Themythimagineshumanitylivinginchains,facingthebackofacave,andwatchingshadowsmoveonthewalls,thinkingitisreality.Webothworkwithimages,whichcertainlycanbeillusions,butcanalsobecomeinstrumentsofstruggleandliberationofthought.So,fromthisdiscussion,wedecidedtocreateashortfilm.Wehadafewfixedideas—thecave,thedance,thecitybustlingaroundus—andonequestion:whatwouldhappenifweallmanagedtoturntogethertowardstheexitofthecave?Perhapsitisnotenoughtoassertthatimagesareillusionsaslongasthechainsthatbindusarereal.</p>
