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Clip description
Manuk (voiced by Joshua Ahn), pretending to shoot a gun, exchanges a few battle cries with his absent father, and throws a rock at a man on a bicycle, who crashes. It is the postman, who nevertheless has delivered a parcel. Manuk walks home, unwraps the mysterious parcel and plays with its contents.
Curator’s notes
The boy’s identification with his soldier father is clearly shown; Manuk acts as if he were really on the battlefield with him. The strong father and son link is reinforced in this heartbreaking sequence in which Manuk – the innocent, uncomprehending child – examines the parcel’s tragic contents, makes them his own and continues to play at being a soldier.
