One of the most beautiful and touching short films I have seen. A story told in such simplicity but also soul searchingly deep as the water that submerges the life around the lonely old man. Gorgeous and stunning animation that creates a world drowned by memories and a longing for the past. This film touches me deep inside. 9/10.

This reminded me of a famous sequence of Angelopoulos' The Weeping Meadow (2004), but prolonged to become a minimalist essay that has the poetic strokes of France and the creativity and sentimentality of Japan. An allegory of how we sink our memories as we grow older in an attempt to transform the present time into something less painful, this sepia-toned melancholy beauty evokes astonishing emotional response without the need of dialogue. Unforgettably heartmoving while playing a version of the Biblical flood, it is an invitation to become brave, dive into the memories that forged our present self and treasure how these moments became independent variables in the final result we are, or probably have stopped being, which entails a tragedy.

96/100

Only twelve minutes but if this didn't ever leave me nearly half as moved as I was, I'll be damned. This dialogue-free short by Kunio Kato tells of a tale of an elderly man pulling his home up higher as his town is flooding to stay dry, only to go down into the depths after his pipe drops in order to relive memories of his past. Within twelve minutes this beautiful animated short film lets out a huge bang that even felt so resonant especially in its delivery - with a moving image of loneliness and its effect upon one's soul especially after what more we had provided for others, complimented by the beautiful animation.

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It was my tears that flooded his village.

beautiful animation but it was kinda hard to appreciate it through the tears

there are tears...

I thought this was wonderful, and touching and sweet. The actual animation reminded me of something French rather than the usual Japanese style most are used to, but It still used Disney-esque characteristics in the features whilst also maintaining a blotchy quality to emphasise the blocks.

Apart from the actual animation; which is top-notch; the sound is typically Japanese. But in a way that is affecting in a minimalistic way I suppose, as although it does bleat out enough to be heard consciously, it still blends in with the story enough to create a short film that on an overall level is touching. This film reaches many levels in its short running time, funnily enough.

Lovely and touching Japanese short that scooped the 2009 Oscar for Best Animated Short.

I wasn't at all surprised when I had a quick glance around to see a number of people claiming that it was nothing more than pro-global warming dogma. Christ almighty. I think there are probably easier ways of making that point than making a painstakingly animated short film about a chap reminiscing over lost loves.

Very nice indeed, but by no means should you come in to this expecting it to be anything like the usual Japanese animation that you happen across. It really isn't.

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The House of Small Cubes is like a post-apocalyptic Up, submerged in a sea of melancholy and nostalgia.

Outstanding animation and a beautiful, beautiful, heart-rending score.

Tears WILL be shed.

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Oh my goodness </3

I feel like a pussy using that broken heart symbol but this movie made me so sad.

I was completely immersed into every single frame, this almost made me cry.

Watch it alone, watch it at night, and watch it in the dark. Looking at anything else during this like your phone is a SIN.

This animated short film tells the poignant tale of an old man trying to keep above the rising waters that have swallowed his town. He achieves this by building extra levels on top of his house. One day, in order to retrieve a dropped pipe, he puts on his scuba gear and swims down to the lower stories of his now skyscraper home. With each level that he descends, wistful memories of his past return, and in this way his journey ends up tracing his life in reverse. It amounts to a lovely metaphor for a long life now approaching its end, although I found it a tad too sweet for my taste. It is really beautifully done though.

La Maison en Petits Cubes es la mera representación del debate entre los recuerdos y la realidad. Encontrar la belleza en lo que ausenta, pero que aún permanece. 
Mi corazón se lo llevó este corto tan hermoso.

hayatim kaydi

just watched this again and unsurprisingly i cried like a little bitch. old people being nostalgic and lonely just makes me so beyond sad. this is like the short film version of that papaw tweet

N sei pq em alguns momentos a trilha sonora me lembra Zelda...

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so good fr fr

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As the water rises and submerges, his house, his mind, all the memories sink. Those memories that bring pain and joy at the same time, are waiting to be revisited by him, in that long tunnel of cubes. There will come a time when there will be no one left to greet them, then will they just vanish away and leave no sign or are they imprinted on the world forever? I hope they are.

المؤلم ليس راحيلهم بل إنعدام بديلهم

I don't think I'll ever be ready for that

was it really stunning?? I mean I didn’t feel anything. there is a old man who lives alone and behaves like a drama queen??? who da fuck cares? zırlak toplar

Nem bravúroskodik, nem is egy különösebben nagy fejtvény, de kedves.