Dear Daniel B.,
Thank you for bringing the 2000 Michaël Dudok De Wit short, Father and Daughter, to our attention. We always appreciate reader suggestions.
We must take issue, however, with your warning: “Be advised, it will indeed break your heart.” At Open Culture we approach the arts with a discerning, engaged and unsentimental eye — our heart does not break, it blogs.
It will therefore take much more than an 8-minute cartoon, no matter how artfully rendered, understated, critically lauded, or Dutch, to move us. Please keep this in mind for the future.
All best,
Open Culture.
P.S. OK, fine you win. This post was typed from the floor, drowning in the puddle we’d been reduced to by the 6 minute mark. And yes, bawling like babies.
P.P.S. Per your suggestion, we’ve added it to our collection, 4,000+ Free Movies Online: Great Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns, Documentaries & More. Thanks again.
Sheerly Avni is a San Francisco-based arts and culture writer. Her work has appeared in Salon, LA Weekly, Mother Jones, and many other publications. You can follow her on twitter at @sheerly.
Lord that was lovely. Damn near killed me :) Thanks so much for sharing.
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you.
This clip made me remember one of my fav songs: Penelope. I think the song and this clip have the same theme: hope. In case anyone want to hear the song, search it by it’s name and the singer: Joan Manuel Serrat, an spanish singer. Diego Torres, also made a cover of this song and its video is cool…
Have a nice day! Thanks 4 posting
Just loved this – the beautiful ending was unexpected! Animation was beautiful.
This is one of the best short films i have come across, as to its music, the initial part of it is inspired(Not saying copied) from an Indian film, Mera Naam Joker(My name is clown) by Raj Kapoor.
So touching … thanks.
Drusy, I luv you
This film is so beautiful, it moved me so much. It’s about a special melt of the story, the beauty and the (seamingly) simpleness of the drawings, the music and the repetition that makes it a wonderfully moving waltz of life. A thousand thanks for sharing!
beautiful…
I miss you Poppa. Rest in peace.
Beautifully and artfully done. I would like to think that after a lifetime of mourning, we can look forward to this sort of reunion. God Bless.
How can you make me cry so..??
beautifully expressed! thanks so much!
I agree….that was pretty heart wrenching. I can relate.
thanks a lot for your submit.
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Need an updated link. this will do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usRRDQwOn7g
That was beautiful and made me cry whole night
How could this have won an Academy Award?
I apologize that I am the only one who may view this differently. Obviously, the father committed suicide and also abandoned minor. This is a very odd subject for a film. The father was not even qualified as a father.