Three minutes. One dream. Gravity as the language of love itself.
Asked by his girlfriend about the essence of his love for her, a young man remembers a dream he once had about the African jungle, in which the forces of nature seemed to lead a life of their own.
Sound
Sparse audio design lets silence speak volumes.
Director
Yao Yao
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yao Yao's short emerged from Chinese independent animation scene, where creators often use nature allegories to bypass censorship on emotional directness.
The title's double meaning—physical force and emotional weight—reveals itself only in the final frame when dream and reality collapse.
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