Mother's House

South Korea2024animated12'Short Film Competition

Young-soo makes a difficult decision. He leaves his mother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, at a nursing home. Both he and his sister believe it will be better as they no longer have the strength or time to continue caring for the elderly woman. On the way back, the man hits a strange pair of sheep with his car – a son and a mother, who look like people. As he tries to help the female sheep, he begins to understand what he has really lost. In this surreal reality, Young-soo must face the consequences of his own decisions. This is an animation about the limits of empathy and about how easy it is to forget about those who need us the most. Will it be too late to make amends?