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