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This is an American short film from five years ago. We see an old man approach a house with a box. The the story flashes back and we see how he, as a young boy, saves a young Jewish girl before Nazi soldiers enter. The last scene is again in the present and the old man gives the elderly woman (the girl has grown into) a porcelain unicorn like the one which broke during her escape. There are only minor criticisms I have for this short. For example you hear the American accent of the child actor playing a German boy. And the moment when the old man seems to turn around at the end is a bit unnecessary. Other than that, it's a very entertaining three minutes. Nice drama, good music, some heart and a good story. I understood it in a way that Germans had no tight to take anything from Jews back then, be it their lives or tiny little things like porcelain unicorns. That's why he gives it back to her in the end to make things right. Certainly worth a watch.

"Porcelain Unicorn" is a heartwarming story about a German boy and a Jewish girl. In the past, a German boy meets a girl in the run-down old house. She wears an armband embroidered with the Star of David. They reach out to each other in a way that leads to her giving him a unicorn. However, German soldiers find the boy and then they get separated. The story begins with two of them who have grown up. At first, we don't know what kind of relationship they have. As the story progresses, it is very interesting to watch how the relationship between them becomes clearer. The scene where finally they meet as they have grown-up is very heart-warming. Their words are also very nice. She said that her armband was beautiful, and I thought that was a very nice expression. The ending made me want to see the continuation of their story.

When I watched this film, I thought a setting of this film was interesting first. In flashback, I found this setting was concerned with the Nazus from Germany and Star of David. I have learned the Jewish people were forced to put it on their clothes, so I understood a little girl is a Jewish person. She said "Beautiful" with her Star of David showing. I think she takes pride in her race and nationality. I don't know whether this story in nonfiction, but it is the truth that people who were proud of being the Jewish people such as the little girl were persecuted, so this film is short but I think it taught us the important thing we must nit forget. This film's title, "Porcelain Unicorn" fills the important role in this film. I think this beautiful porcelain unicorn show the Jewish people. The little girl treasured it. The German boy also cherished it, so I think he was not going to hurt the Jewish people. However a German soldier crushed it, after that it was mended by the old man who was the German boy, so I also suppose this porcelain unicorn shows "peace."

The German boy finds the Jewish girl who hides in the house. She gives him the Porcelain Unicorn. Some man entered the house, and the boy let the girl escape. Decades later, the man who grows up with this boy visits the woman who grows up with this girl to give the Porcelain Unicorn.

This film is so moving for me. The girl looks scared, but she gives the boy the Porcelain Unicorn, so I think the boy lets her get away. I think the boy maybe know be damaged, but he is moved by the pure girl. Decades later, the woman notices that the man who visits her is the boy who let her get away when they were children when she sees the Porcelain Unicorn. This scene is so moving. I think why she gives the Porcelain Unicorn, because she has some dolls. I want to know the meaning of the Porcelain Unicorn. I enjoyed this film, and image story from this film.

This movie is the story of how a boy soldier protects a girl. If the girl is discovered by a soldier, or someone other than the boy, she would have a very different fate. However, the miracle is that they came across each other and it is destiny to be connected even when they get old. The meeting way is bad, but the story described their relationship peacefully using unicorn. I feel relaxed watching the last scene. The unicorn is just an ornament, but it makes their relationship. Also, I think unicorn carries happiness for them. In addition, it has meaning that the item is a unicorn, because we have an image of the unicorn as purity and bringing good luck. So I think the contents of the story and unicorn image are matched.

This movie is related to war especially discrimination. A girl and boy meet by chance. But they don't belong to the same ethnic group. How they behave in the short period expresses how despicable the war is. I like this movie, because we can learn that if we don't know ethnic difference, there is no discrimination. In addition, the boy instantly understands the girl's situation and tries to help her from something dangerous. According to this movie, we can learn what important things are and realize the wars are so hideous. Such small children don't know about war in detail. Although due to adults, they become tainted people. They don't have the knowledge to live the correct way. But a unicorn is the last thing to connect them; however they are separated. Nowadays there are a lot of things which make our life more convenient and comfortable. But, we can't change and this developed equipment can't exceed people's really important things.

In this film, the bond defeats political power, fear against it, or something that has enormous authority. The boy in this film protects the girl and her unicorn, sacrificing himself. The unicorn in this film embodies the situation of the boy and girl. The unicorn is destroyed by a man, and this means that they are going to be separated by authority. However, when the boy gets old and visits her with the unicorn, it is mended by he. This means they can meet again now, passing a long time. If the unicorn does not appear or he does not mend it and meet her again with nothing, this film becomes very thin. We cannot see human's thoughts or something like that, so sometimes it is necessary to embody those things, using objects. Moreover, this film has little dialog. But the unicorn plays an important role here, too. They do not speak a lot, but because of the unicorn, we can understand the situation of them. And a unicorn is a somehow mysterious but beautiful animal. The uncertain feature of a unicorn embodies the unsteady relationship of the boy and girl. But at the same time, their connection and bond are beautiful. The unicorn suggests the uncertain but beautiful relationship of them, too.

This movie is good. The story and the image are so beautiful. Before I watch this movie, I wonder what function a unicorn is. I think the unicorn is important, because it connects between a boy and a girl. The girl looks less frightened the boy at first. Then she gives a unicorn to the boy. I think she has communication to the boy by the unicorn. Then, the boy protects the girl from soldiers. It is just my opinion, but I think he falls in love at that time. He doesn't know who the girl is, but he loves her. Although he feels soldiers are scary, he protects her holding the unicorn. It is a movie of a boy's retrospection. After the scene of his youth, the story comes back to his present time. He stands in front of a door holding a box. This action makes the audience imagine what he would like to do. Then he meets an old woman. It is a short movie and a director used the words of character a little, so there is no explanation about this old woman. The audience should imagine again. The director is great to make this film. The audience can't help being attracted to the story.

"Porcelain Unicorn" is a three-minute short film 2010, directed by Keegan Wilcox. It received an award at Parallel Lines. An old man looking for something using a piece of paper, finds a house reminding him of his childhood experience. During WW2, he sneaks into this house, and meets a Jewish girl in the hideout. The girl shows him a porcelain unicorn, but the SS officers come, and he cannot return the unicorn to the girl until he gets old.

Although the dialogue is pre-decided by the competition, those were not used simply in one context, and it makes the story more complex and profound. The boy is the member of Hitler Youth, and the girl is Jewish, so they are supposed to be enemies, but in this film, there are bounds between these children. The story ends in peace, but we know that it is not the regular case, because so many died in that tragedy. It show us the desire that we would understand each other, even if we are in hostility.