About this film
Rapunzel waits above a field of knights, princes and princesses who died trying to reach her. The next would-be rescuer rejects the heroic climb and approaches by crawling and sliding, turning a fairy tale into a darkly comic lesson about survival, failure and refusing a fatal script.
Synopsis
Rapunzel waits in a tower surrounded by the bodies of knights, princes, and princesses who tried to rescue her. When a new contender appears, he abandons the heroic climb and advances by crawling and sliding. The short turns the fairy tale into a dark comedy about survival, failure, and the advantage of refusing the path that killed everyone before him.
Themes
- fairy-tale subversion
- heroism
- survival
- repeated failure
- practical intelligence
- dark humor