The House of Small Cubes

The House of Small Cubes

  • Director: Kunio Kato
  • Writer: Kunio Kato,Kenya Hirata
  • Countries of origin: Japan
  • Language: Japanese
  • Release date: July 14, 2011
  • Sound mix: Stereo
  • Aspect ratio: 1.78 : 1
  • Also known as: La maison en petits cubes
  • "House of Building Blocks" is an animated short film produced by Japanese animation company Robot Communications in 2008   . The short film is directed and written by Mr. Kunio Katou  .
    The film mainly tells the story of an old man who is determined to dive into an old house that has been covered by sea level in order to find his beloved pipe and recall the story of his past life. The whole film has a strong French atmosphere, and the creation of the shape and the atmosphere of the picture is amazing and full of a fairy-tale mood. It won the Best Animated Short Film Award at the 81st Oscar in 2009   .

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    • Release date July 14, 2011
    • Production companies Robot Communications

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    • By Silas 2022-12-14 03:42:14

      a house past

      When the old man woke up, his feet were in the water, and there was no close-up of his face. The camera was suddenly zoomed out on purpose, which made people feel so melancholy. There is also the stumbling when taking the family portrait, and the overwhelm when facing the son-in-law.
      Recalling the picture of the old man reaching out his hand in the air after the happy time with his wife ended, is really bleak. I can't touch anything,
      and the scene where the old man eats alone is...

    • By Rashawn 2022-12-06 09:32:28

      "Memories of Building Blocks": those times in the latent sea



      In the room with a small lamp lit, the old man with the pipe in his mouth stared at the old photos on a wall, while the sea outside the house shone with sporadic light and rustled.

         This is the first picture of the film, as silent and peaceful as yellowed film. And this stillness permeates the whole story, a twilight old man and his house that keeps rising because of the rising sea level.

        Some say the short film won this year's Oscar because it explores...

    • By Ophelia 2022-11-28 20:27:34

      Memories Building Blocks Hut

      The houses that gradually rise irregularly layer by layer are the life of the old man with a pipe in the long years. The sea is like time, whether you like it or not, it is constantly pushing you forward, you have to build a new one on the roof of the past again and again, and you have to make many choices in between , you will meet joy, pain, love, children, and death. Everyone has the same old hut on the foundation, but the years that have passed along with the gradual growth of the hut are...

    • By Rachelle 2022-11-20 13:32:26

      In the deep sea, time is far away - "Memory Block House"


      "The memory bursts into the flood, in the deep sea, time is far. I swim to the depth of the sea, step by step to you..." --The
                                                                  
                                inscription


      remembers the sentence "holding the hand of the son, grow old together with the son. Life and death are bound together, and Zichengyue." I
      like this sentence persistently, touching the soft heart of every girl.


      A small...

    • By Gilberto 2022-11-17 18:33:00

      lovely memories

      Once upon a time there was an old man who lived in a small house in the water. One day the river grew high and the old man's house was flooded, so he added another layer on top of the house. Because his beloved pipe fell into the water, he bought a wetsuit and went down to find the pipe. After finding the pipe, he realized that he had built many, many layers on top of the original house. He dived to the bottom of the water and found layers after layers of memories. It turned out that the other...

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    • By Elmer 2022-04-21 09:03:53

      Hey, such a good short film, I actually didn't feel it when I watched it. ——The 81st Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, and the award-winning short film at the Annecy Animation Festival in France in...

    • By Rudy 2022-04-21 09:03:53

      Every layer is full of memories, full of...

    • By Lacey 2022-04-21 09:03:53

      Emotions that fall over the years have no strong traces, just like a dropped pipe, they will always be in my...

    • By Nadia 2022-04-21 09:03:53

      Taste it carefully, it is very...

    • By Aisha 2022-04-21 09:03:53

      Years change, infatuation does not change, vicissitudes of life cycle, true feelings do not change, very feeling, killing the old, middle and...

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    La maison en petits cubes (La maison en petits cubes), a nominated work from Japan, tells the story of an old man who is determined to dive into an old house that has been covered by sea level in order to find his beloved pipe. Out of the good old days, the whole film is full of a fairy tale mood, which is thought-provoking and recognized by the audience   . ( Phoenix Net Review )
    The whole film of "House of Building Blocks" exudes a...
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