Jean’s father is always busy at work, so he spends most of his time with his nanny Yvette and neighbour Michelle. His mother is away but nobody talks about her. Luckily Michelle is on hand to read postcards about Mum’s Wild West escapades and, even though they seem far fetched at times, they keep Jean happy. At school, the steel marbles Jean takes from his father’s factory are valuable playground currency but their removal has unexpected consequences. This delightful, bittersweet animated film, based on the best-selling children’s story by Jean Regnaud and Emile Bravo, is a joyous, thought-provoking tale about childhood loss and the need even for adults to hide from the truth at times. (Source: LFF programme)

故事中的死神是一个消瘦冷静的女性，她每日的工作就是接近那些濒临死亡的人类，在适当的时候将他们的灵魂带走。死神阿姨恪尽职守，但同时也抱怨人类数量太多，让她无暇他顾。当然更为烦恼的莫过于死神的儿子莫迪斯，莫迪斯希望妈妈能多陪他一会儿，怎奈妈妈每日奔波在勾领灵魂的道路上，对儿子实在有心无力。为了让妈妈从恼人的工作中解脱，莫迪斯利用电脑开发出一套高效的系统，只要将客户的信息录入，就可轻松在家里完成灵魂的搜集工作。妈妈并不喜欢这种新玩意儿，她觉得应该像对待花朵一样呵护人类从生到死。

Jean’s father is always busy at work, so he spends most of his time with his nanny Yvette and neighbour Michelle. His mother is away but nobody talks about her. Luckily Michelle is on hand to read postcards about Mum’s Wild West escapades and, even though they seem far fetched at times, they keep Jean happy. At school, the steel marbles Jean takes from his father’s factory are valuable playground currency but their removal has unexpected consequences. This delightful, bittersweet animated film, based on the best-selling children’s story by Jean Regnaud and Emile Bravo, is a joyous, thought-provoking tale about childhood loss and the need even for adults to hide from the truth at times. (Source: LFF programme)

The survival and the struggle of a young mother during the Khmer Rouge revolution, to find her 4-year-old son, torn from his family by the regime.