一只断手在巴黎的一间实验室里逃脱了不幸的命运，动身重新和身体连接在一起。在一次令人毛骨悚然的穿越城市冒险之旅中，断手与鸽子和老鼠等诸多阻碍做斗争，只为与披萨男孩劳伍菲尔重聚。断手对劳伍菲尔的回忆以及他对图书管理员加布丽尔的爱可能会让我们了解导致断手与身体的分离的原因，并为他们三人可能的重逢提供了诗意的背景。本片改编自获奥斯卡金像奖提名的纪尧姆·洛朗（《天使爱美丽》）的小说《Happy Hand》。

一切都由一枚150吨的陨石引发。陨石砸中了男主人公亨利家对面楼的天线，幸运的是他毫发无损。但此事过后，他的世界刚好与现实世界偏离了水平91cm。无论开门关窗洗澡接电话，这些日常细琐杂事就都成了负担。他在家里度量好了精确的91cm误差，可还是在工作中麻烦不断。因此他去接受心理治疗，非但毫无进展，反而在回忆事故发生过后，又多出了75cm的垂直距离。亨利不断向自己发问：“多一点，少一点，我偏离了自己多少厘米又有什么意义呢？”于是他变得越来越自闭，越来越孤独。这与世界之间的91cm距离，他到底能否穿越和克服，最终回归正常生活……
本片荣获第61届戛纳电影节(2008)柯达短片电影奖。

Blackbone Tale is realized by Jeremy Clapin in collaboration with Spirit Productions, with the support of Centre de la Premiere Oeuvre (GOBELINS). It's a high result of mixing 2d and 3d: the characters are made in 3d cellshading and the remains in 2d.
This silent mute is pure poetry.
A man alone, with his peculiar physique: he has his head held low, looking down at the ground.
Clapin needs only few minutes to show you the emotional state of this man: his loneliness and his quest for a human being like him. A profound analysis of alienation and frustation of people: man needs to live with other men.

深冬时节，荒野之中，面色苍白的少年牵着小鸭子玩具来到池塘附近。他先是向水中丢了些食物喂水鸟，这时一只野鸭走近了他。鸭子想吃男孩脚边的食物，但男孩不断逼近，反吓跑了野鸭。不远处，父亲背着枪走入旷野。夜幕降临，母亲拿着新衣服在男孩身上比划来比划去，这是专属于他的新的猎人马甲。次日一早，父亲穿戴整齐，早早等在门外，而男孩则在母亲的陪伴下走出房门。父子俩携手走入旷野，他们小心翼翼掩藏，吹响吸引鸭子的哨子吸引猎物。
满载而归的途中，少年看到了一只奇怪的鸟……

现代化都市的早晨，某条马路边上，一名工人正手持钻地设备作业，隆隆轰鸣声打破了清晨的宁静。对面写字楼内，一名白领有些厌烦地关上窗户。楼下的便道一侧，一名男子行色匆匆，当他路过钻地工人身后时，被一块因作业而震动翘起的地砖绊倒。工人丝毫不搭理身后发生的一切，摔倒的男人也自认倒霉，爬起来继续赶路。这一幕偶然被刚刚那名白领看到，他饶有兴致地停在窗前，并叫来同事一同观看。接下来的时间内，许多经过这里的男男女女不慎摔倒，其中甚至还有一只觅食的小鸟被压在地砖下面。而写字楼正对马路的窗前，几乎站满了人。
他们并非幸灾乐祸，对于摔倒的人也会报以同情，可是这一切总似欠缺了什么……

Written by the director himself, the story revolves around an “absent” hero: an astronaut lost in the emptiness of space. His absence is spoken about indirectly here, from planet Earth. He was the nation’s son, loved and admired by all. But he’s primarily always on the mind of his little sister Elsa, who’s the real “fully present” heroine in this story. Elsa has lived her life and her childhood by proxy, sustaining herself off the dreams and ambitions of her older brother and hero. He was her point of reference and her daily inspiration. While he floats around, somewhere up there, in the ether, Elsa also drifts, right here on Earth…