While The Blue Umbrella has no dialogue and is instead carried along by a wordless song, the language of love is easily understood. Just when all seems lost, a couple with blue and red boots find a way to save this double love story.
Luckily the inanimate members of the city are on the side of amore, because even the potholes conspire to blow some smoke in the direction the umbrella needs to go. On his quest to find the one, the blue umbrella is literally turned upside down and almost gets hit by swerving cars.
Just as the couple is about to be separated by a dip into a subway station, the blue umbrella escapes and flies high above the blinking taxis and city streets. It’s a dreary night in the city, and what could be more lovely than two umbrellas who fall for each other in the rain? High above a sea of fast-walking urbanites, a bright blue umbrella has a meet-cute with a red umbrella set above the head of another city-dweller. Directed by the same genius behind Turning Red, Bao is a real tearjerker that unpacks the tender and truthful story of a mother’s hunger. In a fit of desperation and rage (that shall remained unspoiled) - our Hero Mom does the unthinkable. The duo become inseparable as a smitten mama even wears the bun in a makeshift lettuce baby carrier! But nothing can prepare this parent for the passage of time and dealing with her bun’s teenage attitude, and the arrival of some rando blonde sporting a shiny rock. But when she takes a nibble, mom is shocked to watch the little steamed bun let out a cry like a real bitten-into baby. The short’s opening scene will immediately whet your appetite with an incredibly realistic montage of a mom preparing bao, a delicious Chinese bun with all kinds of tasty fillings.
If ever there was an emotional allegory for the heartbreak of an overprotective mom, Bao is it! At a slim 7 minutes, Bao tells the beautiful story of motherhood and letting go. These 13 shorts are a great mom hack for those moments when you need to distract your stage five clinger kid, but also want to feel good about whatever entertainment is actually doing the distracting. There’s touching love stories between volcanoes and umbrellas, and clever comedies for chess-lovers, aspiring moon-climbers, or even lost souls in search for meaning. They’re the perfect cinematic solutions for those times when you are in a time crunch or just want to watch something super brief with your family.įrom tear-jerking allegories on motherhood to a cute baby bird facing her fear, it’s impossible not to be moved by these micro movies. Behold the solution: Pixar shorts! These mini-movies are all under 10 minutes, and they’re exquisitely made.
For the times when a parent is desperate to get just a few precious seconds of alone time, it can be tempting to just give your kid your phone or thrown them down a timed rabbit hole on YouTube (we’ve all been there). Maybe you need to take an important phone call? Or maybe you’re jonesing for a few brief minutes to yourself to go to the bathroom without one of your kids knocking down the door.
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