A little cat that lives in a dying planet has to leave. In this voyage he will face dangers and adventures but ultimately, he will return home. A lifestory is a metaphor about life as a circle, that began when we were just childs, at home. Based freely on the II century poem; ‘the hymn of the pearl’.

biografia

Abelardo Fernandez Bagues works as a 2d animator since 2002. He has directed shorts for internet, advertisements and videogames. He spent a year and a half in France working as animation director for the game ozen by ubisoft. He has directed 6 official music videos as a freelance animator, 4 of them in collaboration with illustrator Gina Thorstensen. His ‘mr coo’ and ‘a paedophile’ animations as well as gotye’s music video ‘giving me a chance’ have been widely acclaimed online and awarded in international festivals. Director’s statement: ‘A life story’ is an animation based upon ‘the hymn of the pearl’, a poem from the second century ad. We’ve made it into a surreal journey starring a space cat. The original poem is considered epic or mystical, we were drawn to it by its archetypal side, by its universal elements which can be found in everyone’s psychology: the depart from the family home on a mission to realize our own destiny in a strange land, falling into sleep, forgetting the origin, then being rescued by our most intimate memory, to finally go back home.

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