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This film is only three minutes, but it is enough to catch my heart. The story is about German boy and a Jewish girl. The German boy creeps into a house and meets the Jewish girl. She has a beautiful porcelain unicorn. I was surprised that they make such a beautiful film by using only designated dialog. And also the dialog is only six. I like the last scene. It is very emotional. This film draws human bond transcending time and race, and that makes this film rally beautiful with a few lines and in a short time. I think people are connected to other people all the time. The connection is more important than anything else is.

This is a story of a memory of an old man in 1943. At the time, Jewish people were persecuted in Germany. He broke into a Jewish house with his companion and met a Jewish girl. Normally this would be inexcusable, but he released her.

I think this story is unique because of two reasons. The first one is the length. This story is only about three minutes long. Although a three-minute movie is too short compared with other movies, what the story tells is clear so we can understand the contents easily. The second point is it has few lines. Actually, this film has only six lines of dialogue. Therefore, we have to imagine what is happening and what characters think about while watching the movie.

For these reasons, I believe this is worth watching.

Keenan Wilcox is a genius. A most succinct genius. This very brief movie--only three minutes long--won the Grand Prize Award at the 2011 Post-Cannes Phillips Film Festival. The rules for the entrants to the contest were:

1)The film could be no more than three minutes long. 2)It could have only six lines of dialog.

The chief judge, if I'm not mistaken, was Ridley Scott.

I would love to discuss this movie in great detail, both in terms of the humanity in it as well its symbolism which, I believe, is not at all obvious.

Still, anything more I could say about this film, though, anything about the plot or characters would spoil the extreme preciousness of your first experience in seeing it. I am sure that I have seen it at least forty times myself and it still summons tears from me. But see it yourself first and then, if you wish, we could talk, if only IMDb would permit me to post my e-mail address.

It's only three minutes. Prove me wrong.

This is a story about an old man's childhood memory. In the film, first, he visits an old woman's house to meet her and to give a gift. Then, he recalls his childhood memories, and finally, he can meet her and give her a gift. The point I like about this film is that it very little dialog. I was very impressed that we can understand what the film wants to say even if there are only a few lines of dialog in the film. Moreover, I also like the choice of actors because a young actor who is in the old man's flashback and an old actor are very alike. In contrast, in my opinion, the young actress who is also in the old man's flashback and the old actress aren't very alike. However, it is a small problem. I think this film teaches us that we will not forget our childhood memories when we become old.

This short film, "Porcelain Unicorn" was made in 2010. In 1943, Germany, there is a boy who secretly communicates with a Jewish girl, who escapes during World War II. This film is truly heart warming. Even if people get old, people must remember what they said and did at the memorable moment. I think this young boy cannot forget that he could not give the unicorn her back. However, finally he can meet her, a Jewish girl, and can give the unicorn back to her. People must have struggled with the war situation. Even under the hard time, maybe like that young boy, there should have been beautiful moments which people cannot forget. The dialogue in this film is quite sparse, but these lines tell you how hard the war situation was and how deep his love for the Jewish girl is. You should go and watch this film, it's a really heart-warming one.

In the present day, an old German man stands in front of a house holding a box. A long time ago, a group of children who are part of the Hitler Youth break into a house, and one of them makes an unexpected and dangerous discovery.

Porcelain Unicorn is a very short but effective wartime drama film. One of the most remarkable things about it is how well it sets the atmosphere in the World War II flashbacks despite its length and being set in a single location. The set, the costumes and the props felt rather authentic to me, and I thought that the lighting was used well to set up the interior of the dark and dilapidated building that is broken into. The split time structure works well thanks to the fact that we are not able to immediately understand what the old man wants to do and what he has inside the box. I thought that both the child and adult actors were quite good. Although there isn't a lot of dialogue overall, we are able to observe the main characters for a relatively long time.

The story can be said to be mainly about relations between Jews and Germans in Nazi Germany. It reminds us that although atrocity and mistreatment were the norm, not all people acted according to expectations or ideology, and could even put their own safety at risk in order to act humanely. I think that this is always something important to remember in a world where populations risk being divided and are being divided.

The movie explores the relationship between a Nazi boy and a Jewish girl. The boy finds the girl in an abandoned house. The boy help the girl out from trouble when they were young, they have a chance to meet each other again after many years have passed. The story starts with the scene that flash forward to almost the end of the story, after that they start to recall the events in the past. There are only 6 lines in this movie since they are fixed in the competition. But the emotional scene and visual story telling by actor is very strong. The audience can fall deep into the movie within the 3 minutes period. I considered this film genre as a thriller since it makes I fall into an excitement and flow with the character emotional and situation easily. The movie use unicorn model as a key item of the movie. The boy keeps pieces of broken unicorn model to remind him of the girl he helped. The unicorn plays the important role throughout the movie, from their first met, separated, and reunited again. We can say that the entire movie has a unicorn model as a connector.

This movie is divide into two time periods, now and past. An old man is tense in front of a door holding a box. This scene gives us some questions, for example, why he is tense, or what is the content of the box. The hint of these questions are in the next scene. The next scene keeps us in suspense. We are likely to stop breathing when the army enter the room because we feel we would stay with the two children, a boy and girl. Also, I feel love between the two children though they don't speak very much. It is so cute. At the end, we feel gentle opposite to the violent scene in the middle. And, I like the last scene because they don't say the conclusion completely. Therefore, we can wonder about the future for then.

This film is very short: under 5 minutes. However it condenses a lot of time through characters behavior, I think. I get good impressions from watching some stories which contain flow to far time and distant places. I don't know why, but I like those things and don't dislike this film.

At first, this film shows Germany, 1943. Basically, we know something about it, and it makes me imagine about this short film's rough background. I'm not so familiar with the details of Germany history that I can't know why three German boys play at a Jewish house, why that Jewish girl doesn't run away when she notices that boy and why three Germany soldiers don't find more about where that boy comes from. I can't know those answers. However I enjoyed it.

I don't know there is any tendency that short films which settles on the subject matter of Nazi are won approval? This move is nice, but I don't like this sort of short film. I would like it if it were short novel. A old man with a box comes in front of a white house. And standing there. Whose house is it? What relationship do the old man and the owner of the house have? His missing daughter, or wife? This scene attracts attention. And story moves back to the past. Really nice. I like BGM in the beginning. It makes me fear. What's gonna happen? The tone is really sad, but not too dark. It contains positive foretaste for happy ending. In this short film, they can only use certain dialog in fixed order. I think the use of "Get away" is really nice. Usually people want to get rid of stranger from their territory, they say "Get away". They feel negative emotion, when they say "Get away". But, in this film, a boy says "Get away" for positive way. His goodness.

Porcelain Unicorn is a short drama film. When three boys go to a deserted house, one of the boys finds a Jewish girl in the shelf. She hides in it because Jewish people are persecuted. She hands over porcelain unicorn to him when he talks to her. At that time, German soldiers come to the house, so he lets her go and he get at them and is thrown the porcelain unicorn. He visits there decades later with the broken porcelain unicorn.

This film was shown at the competition. In this competition, directors are only allowed to use six ruled lines. In these lines, there is a line about unicorn. I am impressed that this film depicts unicorn as inorganic thing because it is only one in three films that was shown in the competition and I watched. Furthermore, the story is moving. I think the boy is brave because he will be punished if he protects the Jewish girl. This film tells us the sad history in short time.

I want to recommend this film and I think it is worth watching because it tells the history. Children may know and research it due to watching this film.

I had a curious perspective when seeing this movie, as in a class we had to fast create a possible short story with the same parameters I really wanted to see the winning plot and to be honest; I thought our story if more polished could be the winning one. "Pride is truly my favourite sin" as a good actor said once. I was really surprised when the topic of the movie was not a fantastical tale or a futuristic scenario, but a small rope of light in a really dark age. Through the use of the simple words given as an option the director tells of choosing and how this can affect many a live, but most important it can save us of our greatest enemies: Ourselves.

"Porcelain Unicorn" is a drama about a German boy and a hiding Jewish girl in World War 2. The film starts with the scene of the old man, and switches to his memory. Three boys break into the house which already is vandalized and look for something. Then the door of the locker suddenly opens, and one boy finds the hiding girl. She has the Star of David on her arm and shows him a unicorn. Then the German army come into the house. This film is thrilling as we can be absorbed in it by the great camerawork.

Though there is some simple dialogue, the way the camera captures the scenes makes us feel like we are in the situation the boy faces. Furthermore, the acting of the little girl is great, so it is also the reason for us to experience the thrill. It is amazing that people come up with the story from predefined criteria. Therefore, I recommend this film as the camerawork and their acting are great.

The title of this movie, porcelain unicorn, has the important meaning. It's not just only porcelain unicorn, but memorable and important unicorn. Nobody makes mention of the unicorn, but I can feel so. Porcelain unicorn makes not only one girl but one boy happy. This movie uses silence well. Thanks to silence, I can feel the sense of urgency and I gaze at this movie. In addition, the big inning of this movie is very specific situation. I can't be unable to take my eyes off of this movie. There is not a lot of dialogue, but the situation and the feeling of characters express well. The last dialogue remains in the impression. I have a feeling this story will continue. I want to know the continuation of this movie.

In Germany, an old man visits a house with a box. He looks back on his boyhood days in front of the house. In 1943, when he is a boy, he and two of his friends look for something in the house. Then he finds a Jewish girl is in hiding. She gives him the ornamental unicorn. However suddenly some German soldiers break the windows and come into the house with guns. He says get away to her and she escapes. He saves her. After that, he is found by the soldiers and he gives a soldier the unicorn. As the old man tries to return, an old woman appears from the house. She is the girl at that time. He and she can see each other again. He gives her the box. What is in the box?

The short film is only three minutes, but attracts people who watch it. I am surprised that they make such a good film by using only six designated dialogue. I like the heart warming ending after the war is over.

This is a short story about a boy and a girl in Germany under the Nazis. Written for the Parallel Lines competition, this film has only six-lines of dialog.

I know it is difficult to make a good and unique story because the screenwriter must follow the competition rules. However, this film's story was a little bit ordinary for me. To be a memorable film, I think short films should be sensational because they are short. This film tells a simple story. Simple stories let audiences understand easily, but I think these often become boring works because they are predictable.

The story was too simple for me, but I admire the way to use the dialog. I do not say in detail to avoid spoiler, but the screenwriter used dialog very uniquely. In the competition, screenwriters can use preset six-line dialog and must follow the order. When you see the dialog without footage, you would think these dialog are between two people. I thought so. However, this film broke that thought in a great way. Therefore, before watching this film, please see the preset dialog and guess how it is used in the film.

So, this film is not memorable one for me in terms of the story, but I do not forget this easily because of way to use dialog.

The film begin with a scene that an old man who has a box visited to someone's house. Next, the scene changes to three boys enter a house from windows. A boy meets a girl at the house. When I watch the film, I feel nervous, because I think that awful, terrible or unhappy things will happen. I am continued I have a knot in my stomach. After I finish watching the film, I am touched by the story and the story makes me think a lot of things. In addition, some questions are left for me too. This film is appeared old historical background. In general, people think miss the old days along with the sweet and bitter memories. Why do I born? Where do I live? When do I live? How do I live? How should I live? I think that the film give the audiences the opportunity to think about their life, too. Overall, the film has value for people to watch.