Heartsnatcher

Clementine locks herself away to protect her boys from every possible scratch. It shows how love can easily turn into a prison for everyone involved.

“I want to be filled with other people.”

Jacquemort tries to fill his inner emptiness by absorbing the feelings of others. He is like a sponge that never stays full.

The villagers pay an old man to suffer for their own sins. It feels like a dark mirror of how we offload our guilt onto others.

Living things are treated like objects while machines seem to have more soul. Vian shows a world where humanity is just another disposable part.