Award-Winning Stop-Motion Animation Short Film | Raymonde or the Vertical Escape

[@shortoftheweek]

This film is from acclaimed studio Papy3D. While this is the first film from them we've featured on our KZbin, we've covered many of their works in the past. If you want to see more from them, check out and subscribe to their KZbin: kzbin.info/door/1dehARZ1WVXpm07Ru_2Sjg

[@chill-m_s001]

Where are from I want to meet you

[@chill-m_s001]

You are so awesome 🥰😍

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[@edenmadden3240]

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[@reinventingkeigh]

She thought she's a hen. But you're an owl and you can fly high into the sky. Stop limiting yourself. Get out of your comfort zone. Great film! Kudos!

[@pinkpaprika8410]

She didn’t think she was a hen. When she calls herself « ma poule », it’s simply a French endearment. But yes, at some point she had to escape the narrow social constraints of the village and listen to her true nature.

[@juuchanIRL]

hate to break it to ya, but she fell and died. it shows her being covered by the ground.

[@patstokes7040]

All the other animals were farm animals and domesticated but she was not she was an owl and didn't know it. She tread to be trammed but she wasn't. Her nightly forays into the night and forest was her true nature and then in the morning she would have to rush off and repent. There was a crow at the end that was listen to the calls herself but she is not domesticated either and she is lonely as well.

[@fursuitjumpscare]

I love how calmly Raymonde addresses how some random tiny lady is touching herself on the cheese. Just, zero hoots given.

[@clray123]

When you are 60, you give zero hoots about such topics in general... Actually, the zero hoots attitude sets in much earlier.

[@robertroot9863]

This film possesses an insane level of animation. This is sublime. The writing, the nuances of light and shadow, superb attention to fine details and cinematography are incredible. This sets the bar high. I wish you the best in all your future endeavors.

[@sereni5]

completely agree with you. It is fantastic, superbe

[@ginidavid2902]

So good that you forget about it being stop motion because it goes so smooth! And you get sucked in to the story, feeling her emotions and wanting her to find peace and answers. Wow! 👍🏼😁

[@uw3904]

16 minutes for stop motion.. I can only imagine at how long it took 🙏🏽🙏🏽 excellent work

[@cassylk22]

The animation is so smooth i forget it's stop-motion!

[@clray123]

Wait till you see stop motion with AI interpolated frames...

[@smolingerika4386]

The movie is simply beautiful!! And again, it's fantastic how someone interprets the story in the comments, it says a lot about people. I think the film tells us to discover where you belong and then you won't feel lonely. In the end, the owl woman notices it.Because we are also diverse, people. I am glad that I could see this demanding animation.

[@astoldbyambernicole]

Moral of the story -- Recognize the power that you innately have within you. The power you give birth to through your womb in each phase and cycle of the moon and sun. Surrender to this power by honoring the truth of where it comes from .. YOU . NOT from anyone who does/does not validates you. When you hear the call of your true self, which will call to you through nature, through your desires, and through your body LISTEN. Answer the call by leaving behind all your self-limiting beliefs or desires to seek your salvation in external things. THIS IS WHEN YOU TRULY BECOME TRANSFORMED, WHOLE, AND FREE. When you do this, you will illuminate the path for others to do the same as well. -- This film was a absolute masterpiece ❤

[@plutobeliever]

I became immersed in the wonderment of the story and saddened when it ended...

[@robmunday6225]

The craft in this film is unbelievable!

[@-18]

How interesting the duality, the dichotomy, that they present in this video between virtue and sin... reflected in the two portrait paintings on the wall, as with the protagonist who seems to be the typical old lady obsessed with dogmas in her behavior of the Catholic religion but does jobs sending fake used panties. I think I understand that part of the animated short is about how we all have these two aspects and that no one is able to completely get rid of one of the two. She also talks about loneliness, that part is the one that moved me the most. This is a sad story. Anyway, I don't know how much internal coherence the story has. Why are there photos and paintings of humans if the world seems to be inhabited by anthropomorphic animals? Are humans in that world fantasy or mythological creatures?

[@FantasyAddict95]

perhaps the animal aspects are representative of their spirit, their "living" spirit only visible in life, while the human pictures and figments are human because they are not alive, and so cannot display their spirit/animal qualities? you can think of it as everyone being human factually, but there's a lense that shows characteristics of the local townspeople.

[@LelaosXVI]

Those two portraits actually emphasise your point of duality of pleasure and virtue, since the right portrait is of Elisabeth Báthory, a Hungarian noblewoman, who's legend suggest was a licentious murderess, who've also been accused to bath in blood as it'd keep her young. As the other portrait is Teresa of Ávila, a nun in Spain, who was praised as a spiritual reformer of her church, approaching a more silent, meditative form of worship.

[@keepcalmandcarryon8934]

Un scénario original, une animation extraordinaire, plus la voix de Yolande Moreau, ce court métrage est une merveille ! J'adore !

[@ChelseaLupkin]

Genuinely obsessed with this. It’s magical and down to earth in all the right ways.

[@jahmagic]

This was one of the best shorts I've seen in years. Absolutely stunning work. Every element (visuals, story, music, sound, voice acting) worked together so cohesively. Bravo bravo bravo.

[@anjetka_2910]

So many details in film I was amazed all the time. I liked the transformation of the hen-owl and the whole process. I'm speachless.

[@Preppygirl019]

I feel bad when the owl cried on the table:(

[@detrajackson5992]

Or did she realize that I cannot wait for someone to find ME, I need to look for THEM??

[@cuteduckdontlie4636]

Stalking is illegal ☝️ just letting you know 😂

[@14KittieKat]

@@cuteduckdontlie4636lol

[@magnetdesignandadver]

Enjoying this one. Beautifully made. Surreal and whimsical. Love the anthropomorphism - my favourite the pig laughing in the bar

[@moonsword1182]

Stunningly cool! So much intricate detail, so many layers of meaning. Definitely helps to watch it a couple of times, and to know a little about Teresa of Ávila and Elizabeth Báthory. Angel and devil, good and evil. No need to go to the extremes, just be true to your nature and be happy.😊🦉🌙

[@freespirited3557]

For those devout Christians out there.. Even in this secular piece there are spiritual insights which might probably be unintended. We often fall into contradictory actions while practicing our faith. Here, indeed she has acknowledged that she is a virgin because no one wanted her. She sought to religion to accept her void to accept her reality which she yearns to change. She celebrates her virginity as a façade for purity while she is also caught in an adulterous career for her livelihood. The two extremes of her psyche is portrayed by little spirits of the nun and the sexually explicit woman. Her daily life based on her career choices, puts her into further desperation of what she is missing in her life. Although seen as a devout Christian, she also practices pagan rituals.. This being is caught between two worlds and ends up with nothing but hopelessness. Be hot or cold, but never lukewarm for you'd certainly lose your soul.

[@clray123]

But the solution is to escape both worlds, and be yourself, and not to enslave yourself in one of them according to other people's expectations. And that's the moral of the story.

[@amandasilliker3243]

It’s small, and years ago, but I’m compelled to comment…I don’t get that no one wanted her throughout her history - but that she made a choice to “save herself”, leading to a life that put her on the outskirts of social construct. She never learned how to approach/cross that threshold and became desperate. I agree that Madonna/wh*re archetype is in stark relief.

[@neilsthompson589]

You think too much.

[@14KittieKat]

@@amandasilliker3243the owl said herself that nobody wanted her :/

[@14KittieKat]

@@neilsthompson589this isn’t about you

[@tanrose8645]

BEAUTIFUL animation❣️👏👏👏🌹Took me right back to my childhood watching this kind of film on CBC Saturday mornings 🥰 Stay ’safe’, everyone! Blessed be~🌜

[@kathyflorcruz552]

?? Childhood, really?

[@tanrose8645]

When I was a child, (late '60's-early '70's) CBC had a "Children's Cinema" program that included stop motion animation, and real animals (like "Creature Comforts")🤔... I'm sorry I can't think of the name rn; I LOVED it❣️ Have a LOVELY WEEKEND!🌹 ​@@kathyflorcruz552

[@cleoleal2429]

This is such a masterpiece! ❤

[@robwoerner5116]

Brilliant short. I spit on my keyboard when she prepped the undies.

[@j.c.7522]

This is such a beautiful stop-motion film, almost brought me to tears with its story and details! But I couln't quite understand the ending, hope someone can explain or share their thoughts, thank you!

[@FantasyAddict95]

my interpretation is that she finally let loose completely in order to feel alive, but she then fell to her death. the trees while "flying" looked like they changed into dirt, so perhaps she "flew" after the branches gave out, until she hit the ground and was buried. the phantoms appearing for the raven lady could be her suddenly longing to call like that, and she will go through a similar experience of conflicted emotions, though it may end differently for her.

[@telemachusepiphany9668]

@@FantasyAddict95 , i agree. The plants turning to soil seemed to indicate her death, and the nymphetts appearing on the raven lady would seem to show they no longer have their original mistress to be with and had to move on. Maybe...

[@j.c.7522]

@@FantasyAddict95 Sorry I only just saw your reply now, thank you for your interpretation!

[@FantasyAddict95]

@@j.c.7522 no worries, there's really no time limit on KZbin discussions lol

[@wayneclarke1727]

If I could just find the owl woman. ...I would be a happy man!

[@andrejackson6618]

God where do I start to get to this level of animation? Absolutely stunning!

[@wayneclarke1727]

The soul who made this is a very lonely person...... I seek the same

[@Doctorpreneur_..0_0..]

I legit didn't realise this was 16 minutes long More more more please 🥺🥺

[@willmurrin9344]

What a magnificent film.

[@DJHobby]

Great animation, with a great quirky story!

[@windya444]

This is like sarcasm punch to my life -_- overthinking socially awkward me😅

[@neilsthompson589]

I could have just watched the Moth and the light bulb for an hour.

[@14KittieKat]

Is this hate???? Sounds like hate

[@NegritaBreck]

El amor nunca va a llegar mientras te quedes sentado esperando a que algo cambie o llegue alguien, tienes que salir, abrirte, recorrer otros lugares y liberarte de prejuicios. No esperar que algun ser espiritual o místico te cumpla aquello de lo que la naturaleza ya te doto.

[@smolingerika4386]

Questo è il commento più saggio che ho letto finora. Penso di essere sostanzialmente d'accordo con questo. (nel traduttore)

[@14KittieKat]

I think this is the most accurate to what is depicted:) maybe THIS was the message :)

[@anamariacarneiro3776]

Very touching and funny, I loved this film!

[@generalblack2335]

Moral of the story: Dogs and Birds don't make a great match 😜

[@amandasilliker3243]

I’m surprised I haven’t seen comment on the non-saint bathing in (sacrificial?) blood. The madonna/wh*re archetypes are blended in our protagonist but separated between the figures, mirrored in the corvid’s experience at the end. I love the dimensionality added to the crone figure. And the artistry is sublime.

[@Hazmat2977]

This video should be +18 ! 😂🤣

[@4ever9zxyme]

Well it’s made by the French and they , like most other countries ,don’t really censor sexual nature like America does . They see it as a completely natural thing ( which it is ) that is bound to happen to us all in life one way or another !

[@wayneclarke1727]

I give a hundred hoots!!!

[@uhueule9086]

Thats my Life!

[@ifeyokeke917]

Sorry, I'm just confused: what happened at the end? Who was that other bird? But I still loved it! (:

[@annahwangcolligan2509]

so good! j'adore

[@khairianwar6221]

it's so beautiful, true feelings of a lady I can totally relate. out standing short film❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@jahniedez6834]

MASTERPIECE!

[@16_AURA]

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[@Respectmyprivacy1212]

Magnificent!

[@mantidream8179]

I feel for Raymonde.

[@denisjaime7394]

Digan que que ella encontró por fin el amor y fue feliz😢

[@manglegamer6496]

No, lamentablemente murio, al final se ve como su cuerpo se pudre y se combina con la tierra

[@denisjaime7394]

@@manglegamer6496 es una historia cruel!

[@DIGAHub]

Great craft!!! What happened in the end? She jumped from tree and suicide? Why there's a crow in the end of the film?

[@Jazzminl1]

Awsome ❤ do you know who does the lights?

[@kikiplath7107]

so beautiful and sentimental

[@diane519]

I’m confused, can anyone explain what’s going on and the story? I love the animation, it’s sooo nice!!

[@capncronch5739]

I'm in the same spot, I think there could be a number of messages but what I got from it was maybe she was so set in her religious practices and following in the foot steps of it, that she forgot to live her own life. Make her own choices and the freedoms that go with that. Just a thought.

[@diane519]

Jasmine Franco oooh that makes sense🤔

[@HollerMeshocks]

...’the vertical escape’ suggests she committed suicide at the end

[@tasnimanimanimaa]

@@HollerMeshocks wait what??

[@FantasyAddict95]

@@tasnimanimanimaa the trees as she was "flying" look like it morphs into dirt, the end of her brief "flight" and being buried.

[@juliapelliza4121]

poor lady Raymonde😢

[@SW-kc3hf]

This is incredible.

[@elganzorock7894]

I love it. Thanks

[@Marihl4693]

Intentan hacer ver a las mujeres religiosas como "mujeres reprimidas", la autora del corto no cree que se pueda llevar una vida sin sexo, una vida sin sexo es hipócrita, como si vivir le religión sea sinónimo de ser alguien solitario, reprimido y amargado. No estoy de acuerdo con esto, pero me gustó mucho el corto, el guion es interesante, divertido y el estilo de los gráficos es muy llamativo.

[@SRGALL000]

la verdad que hay mas creo

[@luciahernandez1262]

No todas las mujeres religiosas son mujeres reprimidas. Pero sí hay mujeres que son reprimidas por creencias religiosas. Tan solo hace falta voltear a ver como la virginidad sigue siendo una forma de determinar la "pureza" de las mujeres en algunas sociedades.

[@ninicloud__]

amazing i love this so much

[@wayneclarke1727]

Oh my.. I know that kind of 😭😔 loneliness

[@beautifultrash5438]

It’s very French and very lovely😢

[@detrajackson5992]

I don't understand, so the chicken flew the coop?? What happened to her?? And who is this person at the end?? And old crow??

[@clray123]

She was an owl... I guess in the end she became an owl rather than trying to be a "person". She realized that both of her supposedly deep desires, to be pious and to be sexually appealing, were implanted by society. In the end she chose to reject such notions and do her own thing, in line with her nature, and she literally escaped. Her "demons" then left and inhabited somebody else's mind, to cause the same sort of misery.

[@detrajackson5992]

@@clray123 Thank you for your response! I know she is an Owl woman I was trying to be funny! LOL!! BUT, what you are saying doesn't make sense to me because the film IS all fantasy where they are different species/people. The dog/postman, the pig man at the bar...etc. An owl and a crow are natural enemies. I think that she ultimately watched her life pass her by as she maintained being a good catholic owl/woman waiting for her prince charming (whomever that may be) to come but he never did...I think she took a keep of faith and decided to spread her wings, fly and find the happiness she sought. The crow woman was just someone else entirely who occupied the empty house.

[@Vandarte_translator]

Estafó a virgos nipones con las pantis. Ella es una genio. xDDDD

[@Reder.N]

I guess I'm just like her, virgin and old. But I don't know what will happen in the future 'cus I'm also too dumb to understand the end

[@thearkedcrown]

She took the plunge she found her another old owlman and took that owlcock like a pro. She's happy now and you can be too just follow ur dreams

[@jobatridente6915]

..., MAGNÍFICA ANIMAÇÃO!

[@anon877]

Is the character talking in actual french or a Creole ?

[@reboulleaumicheline743]

très fort et émouvant... mais qu'est-ce qui lui arrive à cette pauvre Raymonde ?

[@jocelynecupcake]

The designs of the owl, dog, chicken and pig are cute. Wish I could understand what they say though. I kind of get the message, though.

[@k.j3358]

turn on the cc, there are english subtitles ^^

[@kesperreang]

I can't understand the message

[@FantasyAddict95]

old lady is alone her whole life but consoled herself and convinced herself that she was being moral and pure, but profited from the pervertedness of others, had hallucinations of the ladies (likely sinful and saintly figures) being carefree and depraved, and secretly longed to go wild herself. her attempts before were half-hearted or misguided, and only enforced her sense of loneliness. after a fit of rage and a crisis of faith, she finally gains the courage to embrace the freedom she longed for and not restrain herself. my interpretation of the ending is that she fell instead of flew when the branches broke, but felt free and satisfied nevertheless (trees morphing into dirt could be her falling and hitting the ground, flying to the grave) and the raven lady was seen having her awakening to face a similar conflict of faith/expectations vs. reality of herself. basic message: matters of faith and flesh are very complicated and (depending on your faith/societal/personal expectations) can be in direct conflict with each other but people often act in ways that contradict them without feeling conflicted (praying for sex, profiting by selling fake used panties, fantasies that she often represses, midnight strolls with insincere calling) but overall trying to deny/suppress an aspect of yourself only leads to bitterness, shame and regret, so you need to learn to accept what you are and find fulfillment for yourself (in a way that doesn't violate other's pursuit of finding their fulfillment.)

[@anjetka_2910]

@@FantasyAddict95 Your explanations are really complex and wide - thank you. I'm watching awarderded short films on YT only for a couple of weeks and I'm feelling deeply connected and touched to themes in movies and also to YT comment(ator)s. ;) It's so better than Facebook.

[@SolmazSabbaghkar]

خیلی قشنگ بود .کاراکتر ها فضاها داستان ..فکر کنم تا چند وقت به فکرش باشم.یاد عروسک های دوره کودکی افتادم.خیلی با احساس بود .عجیب بود .

[@taufanandriansyah7174]

Good jobs

[@mayer9211]

higher imagination, when i watching this animated it might be me afraid to eat chicken,on next top level great influencer ?👀

[@gayatrikshetrimayum3619]

I don't understand the language. If it had subtitles it would be great. It's good to see though.

[@shortoftheweek]

On the bottom right corner of the screen is a 'CC' icon, press that to display English subtitles.

[@egrace3738]

Thanks for the caption tip!

[@gayatrikshetrimayum3619]

@@shortoftheweek thanks I'll try👍

[@ASMRAaronLeupp]

Like it, keep up the great job friend, lets be friends and grow together👏🔥❤️

[@gunners6034]

This is amazing! But I don't think I got the ending... Anyone?

[@eannh4928]

Not a clue. I don't see the 'ray of hope breaking through the thick clouds of despair' like S/W Curator Rob Munday

[@HBADGERBRAD]

I admit I am completely at a loss. I did pick up the two little ghosts as naughty & nice - but I felt it cut too short, and I miss the meaning of the ending.

[@ian-c.01]

It was mostly symbolic, her main fear was that she hadn't lived and was getting old, death would not be far off. She went into the water and this time crossed to the other side, she was trying to follow the owl song because she realised it was calling to her. Crossing over, climbing up in the trees and taking a leap of faith, following the calling, all symbolism.

[@2handsdanny]

@@ian-c.01 Vertical escape could also mean death. She climbs the tree and jumps to her death, no? As per the title Raymond or the Vertical Escape. She wants to be with the mailman, short of that she'd rather die. I like your interpretation, but that's how I understood it.

[@ian-c.01]

@@2handsdanny There were many indicators as to what was happening which was death of course, crossing over, following the call, leap of faith etc, it all points to the same thing. Crossing over the lake = passing over or dying Hearing and following the call of the wild = passing from this world to the next Leap of faith = leap into oblivion - dying Death was the next thing in her journey, she knew it all along but the story was about her not having lived and she regretted it. She was a virgin because of her faith which she regretted, she had strong desires but could not fulfill them because of her faith and she felt she had not made the most of her life.

[@angelhearts3798]

I don't understand language man ? What was that plz tell me

[@canimou]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4ekiphpetamqpo hope the subtitles work

[@chieludz]

Just use the youtube caps

[@looou6615]

Yes it’s french

[@Bhagsus]

Turn on auto generated english caption.

[@eannh4928]

Click on CC at bottom of screen

[@rahmatselamet8917]

It's her live, my friend at office. 😢

[@lailatigre6871]

2part?

[@LeChenChen]

Brilliant

[@valorouswolf8853]

Details... details... the devil is in the details...

[@moniquemaldenado8796]

When your imagination is allowed freedom of no limits, it comes up with the sublime...sexual deviance comes in many forms...some of us run from this...Religion "is" our freedom....to each his own...

[@clray123]

Spoken like a true lifelong prisoner.

[@mohamedshadab6437]

She's got no wings

[@abominatedfilms2970]

Heres a great proof on how religions just restricts our inner selves, and lowers self esteem, defeats self trusts, etc.

[@Driftwood64]

I wish it had sub titles so we could understand it.

[@itsohK]

It does. Just press the CC button 🙂

[@aey_mann]

I am silent now...😔

[@katherinewindsor8259]

It seems like a good vedio but some what confused it seems the fairy sits in a tea cup of rabbit blood ?..

[@Blueoceandog]

She is Lady Bathory, a historical figure who allegedly bathed in blood.

[@punkrockneverdie]

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[@SRGALL000]

xdddddddddddddd el diablo xdddddddddddd

[@ИосифКартофил]

шедевр😂 у сов нет губ как она оставила их отпечаток?

[@Cheebie_108]

Wait did she d!e?? Or is just free flying in the air? 🦉

[@deborahduthie4519]

Is this what my life has become?

[@odysodys1098]

Poignant.

[@raulgutierrez7812]

👏

[@joudysherif80]

I still can't understand it. I also don't know French Can someone explain it to me???

[@ivetter.2443]

Didn't you know? You can activate the subtitles by clicking the "cc".

[@joudysherif80]

@@ivetter.2443 Oh, okay. Thanks a lot 😊

[@doreenawickramarathne7621]

💜💜💜💜 Please give English subtitles..........

[@ankitwawage]

Turn on captions

[@shortoftheweek]

click the "gear" button, they're there!

[@tamesharogers8165]

👀 you should’ve checked before you left this comment cuz they’re definitely already there.

[@eannh4928]

click on CC at bottom of screen

[@doreenawickramarathne7621]

@@tamesharogers8165 I am sorry....Thank you......

[@taufanandriansyah7174]

Film cartoon anak Arab Film cartoon anak Swiss Film cartoon anak English IQ Selamat bekerja

[@버섯오믈렛]

와쩐다

[@Rodrigo-nu3pb]

Wtf I saw

[@dilshahimagar4744]

It would be good to listen in english.

[@chieludz]

its on caps if u eant the translation

[@eannh4928]

Click on CC at bottom of screen and enjoy a French lesson at the same time!

[@Reder.N]

No, it won't

[@forest487]

⚠️DEAD ANIMAL WARNING ⚠️

[@pacificharbourkiddo2094]

French is such a sexy language 😍

[@stardel]

No English subtitles so I didn't get anything from this not even from the visual. Whatever this was it was weird.

[@amandasilliker3243]

I had subtitles in eng…I just had to turn on cc.