I actually found myself enjoying Madama Butterfly by Pjotr Sapegin. The
story itself is absolutely heartbreaking and I felt myself struggling not to
cry at the end. One puppet lives alone on an island until a mysterious white
ship approaches the shore. The handsome sailor puppet and the island puppet
become lovers, only for the sailor puppet to leave shortly after. The island
puppet falls pregnant and gives birth, all the while waiting for her sailor to
return. Once he does return, however, he returns with another woman and takes
the island puppets child away from her, which causes the ultimate heartbreak.
The island puppet ultimately can only find peace with death.
This short film kind of reminded be
a little bit of a custody battle parents might go through during a divorce.
Even if both parents end up getting custody the child still needs to split
their time, ending up with he or she being ripped away from one parent and
handed on to the next in a cycle. The child might ultimately have to end up
dealing with step parents, similar to the child in the film.
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