Summary
A porcelain prison, a lily-pad mirage: Reinette the frog spends her days in a glass bowl whose curve warps the world into a giddy fisheye. Outside, Arthur the rat—a whiskered knight with a tail like frayed calligraphy—scrabbles at the base, convinced that one heroic shove will roll the globe and crack destiny open. Above, Gaston the squirrel pirouettes along oak limbs, his tail a plume of rust-red heraldry; he trusts not brawn but burglary, conspiring with a magpie whose wings are ink-blots against the sky. Their rivalry ignites like struck flint: chattering acorns hurled against squeaking claws, bark dust swirling in sun-shafts, the air metallic with impending blood. When the skirmish ends, both suitors lie entwined in a tableau of fur and sinew, hearts stilled mid-beat. A lone goose waddles from the reeds, beak snapping like castanets, and swallows the bowl—Reinette still inside—whole. The final image is a translucent bulge sliding down an ivory throat, a living jewel forever circling inside the dark.
Synopsis
Reinette is a frog trapped in her bowl. She has two lovers: Arthur the rat and Gaston the squirrel. Arthur, tries pushing the bowl to help her escape while Gaston has his own plan helped by his friend the magpie. The two rivals fight and end up killing each other. Poor Reinette is then swallowed by a goose.
Director
Benjamin Rabier
