Synopsis

In a dark, timeless world, a wooden mannequin awakens to discover that invisible strings control his movements. He fights against them and manages to cut two strings, only to discover a vast mechanical system governing him from above. When a single medicine bottle travels through the machine to a sick child, the father chooses to return to his strings so he can care for his son. As the boy grows through childhood and adulthood, the father continues moving under their control until age weakens him and the strings begin to break. After the father collapses, the son is left in grief—until the same machine descends and begins to take control of him, drawing him toward the very chair where his father once sat. The cycle begins again.

Project members

• Original storyAbdelrahman Roby