"This film is about a little girl and how she deals with the death of her pet rabbit, Mr Pink. The little girl, Rose (played by Dora Gee), finds her Mr Pink “asleep” and it is only with the help of her brother Alex (played by Ryan Gunning) she begins to realise the worst. What follows is a journey into the imagination of this little girl, with her brother attempting to give her all of the answers about life and death.
The script is well written and the plot is simple, yet very interesting to follow. As it progresses, along with Rose’s thought process, it explores and unravels the theme wonderfully. When Alex proclaims that Mr Pink is, in fact, dead the children start to piece together the little they know about death and try to make sense of it all. Although the content matter is about fairly dark subject, overall it portrays quite a touching story of acceptance and the end of the film sees Rose be able to say a proper goodbye to Mr Pink, before – lead by Alex – they are able to give him quite the send off.
Along side the beautiful way in which this piece was filmed, the best part of this film for me was the fantastic, sinbad-the-sailor-esque animation. Mr Pink features prominently, as do several objects from the immediate setting – an old barn, all of which create a great 11 minute experience for the viewer.
Overall this film was, for me, a great exploration into the innocent view on life and death, portrayed by two young children. With some shocking, difficult to watch moments early on, the film has this interesting sense of contradiction when nearing the end, with some really touching moments. At the end of it all, however, there is a sense that the children still have a lot of things to learn and opinions to develop. A brilliant way to end a short film exploring so much."
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