The present? [The Present] is a short film that has touched people from all over the world, has already received more than 50 awards, has more than 3 million views and has touched all those who spend a few minutes of their time watching this video, thanks to the brilliant reflection that invites us to make about disability.
Talking about disability and personal overtaking isn’t easy, but with?Present we discover two characters that instantly captivate our hearts: a child and a dog. Jacob Frey, its young director, relied on the comic strip “Perfection”, by Brazilian illustrator F-bio Coala, to realize his idea, and the result. it’s as simple as it is brilliant.
- The only impediment that exists is when we stop fighting for our lives.
- It is enough for a friend to open his heart and envelop us with his strength and optimism to realize that the only obstacles are in our minds.
The protagonist of this short film could be the son of any of us, a nephew, a brother, whatever, a child who receives a gift when he needs it most: a dog without a paw . . .
This video begins with a black screen and machine gun sound. The second image shows the look of a child immersed in the controls of his video game, isolated from reality and his entire surroundings.
This is not an unknown scenario for any of us, many of our children and teenagers spend their free time with their consoles and computers, “extinct” from their particular worlds to integrate into these virtual scenarios.
Catharsis factor, immediate gratification and isolation are three basic elements that define the appeal of video games, increasingly rooted in children and children.
At some point our little protagonist receives a gift from his mother, this relative, who passes by him almost without the child paying attention to him, leaves a mysterious box in front of him, when the child opens the box discovers a puppy: a cheerful and active Dog that has no claw. The child, annoyed to see this feature, rejects it with disdain.
This animal, in a matter of seconds, ends up captivating us: physical disability, in many cases, is just a word and not a personal reality If the child initially stigmatizes it?seeing this deficiency doesn’t take long to realize that the animal enjoys life much more than it enjoys itself.
Disability is not in people, but in the minds of all those who cannot smile and afford to be happy.
If you are attentive, you will discover how in just over 4 minutes certain features of our protagonist’s personal reality and his “unexpected gift” appear. Closed windows in a messy room and a sullen boy who reacts with some aggression to any news.
In this video that moved both small and large, we see a three-legged dog fall and get up, stumble and start over, yet the most admirable comes to the end, when with its inner strength and clear certainty that it has no limits. to be happy, manage to achieve another miracle that you can’t miss.
This video that has touched so many people reveals how when we have support like friendship, difficulties can be seen differently, perhaps, instead of closing on ourselves, should we open ourselves up to the world and let it implore us of their values and the people or animals around us?
We invite you to discover in just over four minutes, to look in the company of your children and, of course, to be moved as has happened to all of us.