Directed by German filmmaker Felix Gonnert, LUCIA is a BEAUTIFUL Animated Short Film about a sick girl, finding hope in the hospital.
Visuals and sounds make this Award Winning film stunning – without the use of any dialogue.
Set design, lighting, textures and score create the world of the hospital that Lucia is in. Lucia’s enormous eyes tell you so much that you feel she is real.
Lucia is a young girl admitted to the hospital. She is scared and goes through a set of x-rays of her head. She discovers the x-ray’s on her curious nocturnal trip through the hospital halls. When she sees an x-ray image, this stimulates her imagination to a world outside her hospital walls – and into a world of hope – including a possible cure.
Her dream and reality dissolve into each other.
The simplicity of the film is breathtaking – and the message is filled with heart and hope.