What if raising one finger could reshape your entire world?
This short film for kids offers a lesson in proportions in which simple actions achieve surprising results. A man wants a door in a wall. He draws a rectangle and, presto! There is an opening. In the same way, he conjures up furniture. If too high or too low, the raising or lowering of a finger puts everything right.
Direction
Longpré turns geometry into pure cinematic delight.
Director
Bernard Longpré
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Canada's 1960s NFB animation golden age, when taxpayer-funded artists experimented wildly.
Longpré later founded a puppet theatre; this film's tactile, performative quality foreshadows that career pivot.
CA
