Synopsis IntheAllegoryoftheCave，Platoponders∶whatwouldhappenifoneoftheprisonersmanagedtofreethemselvesfromtheirchainsandescapefromthecave?WhatifthatprisonerwereJay，alittle7-year-oldboy? Director’sstatement Whatliesbehindthedailymovementofacity?Lastwinter，wemetinParisandbegandiscussingtheAllegoryoftheCave，astoldinPlato’sRepublic.Themythimagineshumanitylivinginchains，facingthebackofacave，andwatchingshadowsmoveonthewalls，thinkingitisreality.Webothworkwithimages，whichcertainlycanbeillusions，butcanalsobecomeinstrumentsofstruggleandliberationofthought.So，fromthisdiscussion，wedecidedtocreateashortfilm.Wehadafewfixedideas—thecave，thedance，thecitybustlingaroundus—andonequestion∶whatwouldhappenifweallmanagedtoturntogethertowardstheexitofthecave?Perhapsitisnotenoughtoassertthatimagesareillusionsaslongasthechainsthatbindusarereal.