beautiful, funny, sad & true

This beautiful little animated short film needs to be shared with the world.  Fans of the accordion and of Hugh Manatee–a.k.a the human spirit–will find it particularly touching.

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“We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.”

–Tom Stoppard, “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead”

Love it.

Also, here’s a longish interview with Gary Oldman about the film.

Super-ultra-mega-thanks to Cristina for sharing this.

Surely you can spare twenty minutes of your busy life to watch something so beautiful.

Ballon Rouge from Christopher Walters on Vimeo.