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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.

"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.

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.

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.

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.

An old man who has a box comes to the front of a house. He seems to remember the old time when he was a child in Germany during World War Two. Three little boys are looking around the house then they hear the noise from the closet. Two of them run away but one boy goes into the closet. He finds there a little Jewish girl but then, the Nazi soldiers push into the house... This film is only three minutes long but it shows a human bond well. This is the story about the memory of the old man and we can know that he has kept the incident in his memory for a long time. The unicorn plays an important role in the film too. The unicorn given by the Jewish girl was broken by the Nazi soldiers, but at last it connects the heart of the boy and girl. I thought that the story is well-thought-out despite of the limited dialog and I admire the way they used the Jewish Star of David to express that the girl is Jewish.

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' won the Grand Prize in an international competition in which short films were made using only six predetermined lines of dialogue. The six lines are all short and must be used in the prescribed order. This film is set in Germany and tells the story of a German boy and a Jewish girl who meet during the World War 2. I found the dialogue in this film is suited to the scenes, so much so that it was hard to believe that the dialogue was predetermined. It is very impressive that the story was so much more expansive than I could imagine when looking at only the dialogue. Also, although there was not much dialogue, it was great that the story could be understood through the images. It is a short film, about three minutes long, but it is a heart-warming and highly satisfying film. I would recommend this film to everyone.

This is about a memory of one old man. We can imagine somewhere in Germany during World War II. Boys play in a deserted house. However, it is a shelter for one Jewish girl. She hides there alone. Accidentally one of the boys meets the girl. They spend absolutely different life. However, through a beautiful ceramic unicorn, they feel something special and share it. But the beautiful moment ends immediately. Because of the Nazis, they are separated soon. He has her escaping from the army of Nazis. They cannot meet again for long long time. The friendship between them is momentary but strong. Also beautiful, at the same time, painful.

The story is about an event in Germany in the middle of World War Ⅱ. Three children trespass on a house and search for something useful. Then they hear a sound from inside a piece of furniture. All the boys except for one feel scared and run out of the house. The boy left alone enters where the strange noise comes from and sees a Jewish girl. In her hands there is a little unicorn. They feel something about each other, however, the German military comes. He tells her to escape from the house, and she leaves the unicorn behind. Time passes, the boy becomes elderly and he brings an identical unicorn to a house. The film has a little dialogue and no explanation, therefore it is a little mysterious story. However, it exactly shows us what the story tells. One of the important points of this movie is the unicorn, I believe. What does it mean? I think the unicorn shows the bond between the German boy and the Jewish girl. Therefore the theme of the film is "peace." It is moving enough to feel sad and a little heartwarming. I love this short film because of the sophisticated story and the message of the unicorn.

'Porcelain Unicorn' is a drama about an old German man. When he was a boy, they were at war. Now, he is old, and he comes back to a house. He remembers the day he met a girl. When he was young, his friends and he visited this house. They found the girl who was hiding in a cabinet. She wears a yellow star. She shows him a toy unicorn, and he says, "Never seen one up close before." At that time, the military enter the house by force. He urges her to flee, but nobody knows if she is alive or not. This story tells us the message that we mustn't forget the cruelty of war and what they did. And also, I thought his act of bravery is worth praise. I want to be brave, too. Besides, they speak little, but this story creates a strong image. This is a great short and well worth seeing.

This is really heart-warming story. I like the part where the old man and the old woman gaze at the ornament of unicorn. This unicorn connects him and her over the long time. I was a very moving scene. On the other hand, there are many puzzles. I wonder why the girl lurked in the chest. What are the boys doing? What were they seeking? The men wearing uniform are solders? I have a good time to think about these.

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.