Most of the commentators seem to view this as a confirmation of their views of religion. I think the message was about not letting religiosity get in the way of faith. His looking at his past “accomplishments”(the pictures, the statue he carved) indicates a religious mindset; look at what I have done. Yet he was miserable & the church looked like there were no parishioners. He was stuck. His experience with the golden rooster freed him to remember what true faith is about & allowed him to literally continue his journey.

Sometimes I get the impression that there isn't anything truly original out there anymore, that it wouldn't be possible for any piece of art to catch and keep my attention - especially films. And then, suddenly, after casually scrolling through my algorithm-dependent feed, my eyes catch a glimpse of this thumbnail. "Funny"?, I thought. This has to be either unusually good - or, which I thought more probable - excessively bad. I gave it a go, ans then... It genuinely took me by surprise! Melancholy, horror, suspense, sorrow, gratefulness, peaceful tranquility - what an atmosphere! 15 minutes just flew by - but I didn't want it to end! This worked so well! From the very beginning I knew I wouldn't regret spending my time with this gem. Such a plethora of various creative techniques - I'm rather fond of the animations in the stained glass-window (or whatever you call it in English) - and beautiful shots (11:40 !), this incredible attention to detail, all this - sometimes quite cyrptic - symbolism - absolutely stunning! In addition, I generally like short films which work on a nonverbal basis - for certain genres at least, 'cause then there is room for the visual and other auditory stuff to carry the narrative and convey the message. The sound effects truly impressed me, I am so glad you didn't exaggerate the use of music. The protagonist seemed to experience a sort of - alcohol and isolation induced? - delirium. I felt like it was meant to portray this sense of transcendence, which worked quite well. It felt like a completely unique take on this alter ego concept à la Jekyll and Hyde or The Picture of Dorian Gray, for instance (ok, the connection is rather remote, but still... ) I was so glad the character found a way out of his "damnation". You got me thouroughly hooked - emotionally as well as intellectually. I can't imagine how much time you invested for this, but the result is absolutely worth it! It certainly had an impact on me, a truly unique, personal expérience - I won't forget it. There is certainly so much more to say concerning the excellent cinematography, the psycholgical level, references, how one could interpret the symbols/metaphors etc... But my physical abilities to type seem to decrease - slowly but surely. So, how can I end this mess? Uhm... You seem to be enormously talented and passionate artists - never lose faith (!) in your work! I truly appreciate it!

Noticeable, the imaginary evil rooster (as the real one was thrown to the tree) was his own demons, trying to take away his liberty and finally taking his place. And that's what happens in real life. Once he found the golden rooster to show him the direction, he took ownership of his life again. Now, religiously inclined people will tend to interpret this meeting as a mystical one, according to their faith. It's a valid point of view based on their belief systems. Some of us instead may interpret as a symbol of the integration of his self, accordingly to some model of the mind we have. In the end, is a message of hope for those who are willing to confront their shadows.

A lovely movie than doesn’t spoon feed you the message, but asks you to think for yourself. A simple and profound ending. Thank you all.

The meaning is simple. Those who eat pepperoni and anchovy pizza just before bedtime not only get heartburn but discover the intricate knowledge of the intellect and the distinct taste of regurgitated pizza during the night.

This is a beautiful story and the artwork is amazing. Chapeau! ❤

A work of Art along with a profound message. I am overwhelmed by the photography , the special effects

Magnifique, et extrêmement original. Bravissimo.

I was pleasantly surprised by this short film. I'm glad I watched it and I now deservedly consider it one of the best short films I've ever seen. This is truly a beautiful story in every sense, and you can see how hard the creators tried on this work. The photorealistic visual style, made with a mixture of computer graphics and puppet animation, as well as a cautionary tale about a priest experiencing a crisis of faith, make this creation admire. There is clearly a lot of talent here ! 😃

For me this means : We always have a choice even if it's sometimes difficult to see, realize and then take action in the direction witch seems to fit.

Piękny film. Dziękuję.

I love the detailing.

beautiful synergy between different medias - kudos!

Great short, well written and edited, and I have heard that French wine can be very strong...hahahahaha

Inspirating...... thank you so much!

Fabulous, enjoyed that! Thanks!

conceptually clever and cleverly executed / animated.

Bittersweet and satisfying - bravo!

Weird is the best word l find for this film.

This was lovely. I live in a monastery and it made my day. going to bed now.

I loved it, thank you. I bet no Christian based organization would be happy with this short. There is always the exit option.

Excelente espectacular increíble felicitaciones

Very compelling. Kept my interest all the way to the end. Funny, poignant, at times breathtaking.

Thank you, great video

The church is the house of God and it is a place of worship. He was wrong in his practices. He suffered from a lack of faith, but what he went through in reaction to the lightning strike made him return to his faith in God. A wonderful work of art for a beautiful story.

wtf happened to the chicken/human hybrid? This was more of a suspense/horror film than a "funny" one

A disturbing Master Piece

7:03. Damn! Now he is the rooster. Should of saw it coming!

$hit!! That's some strong wine! 🤣.

It shows us how lonely we really are. How we need faith, nature, animals and other people to really function as human beings.

Wow, wonderful animation! ❤️

Wonderful piece. Only it's not CG, it's stop-motion which makes it even more incredible!

🤩It was an interesting animation. It was a combination of funny😋 and scary ☠scenes.😎

14:13 I invite you to view this as a poem. It is a work of creative literature. The priest had lost his faith as we all do at some point in our life. We accompany him on his Dark Night of the Soul! (Written by St. John of the Cross) God sent him a small token of faith and it was enough to spark his blind faith. He could continue life walking in faith.

Isn't wonderful that the lightning 🌩️ which didn't strike him when he was holding sharp sword at a great height from the ground level, strikes him when he stands holding an axe 🪓 on Terra firma?! God and Nature always work in mysterious ways. 😊 His self analysis seems to be long overdue though!!! 😉

Moral of the story to not drink or smoke anything it will mess you up

I śmieszno, i straszno. Barnaba - syn pocieszenia, syn proroctwa. Pocieszony piorunem.😁 🤔 Ksiądz, po swoim nawróceniu (złote piórko w kieszonce koszuli) porzucil kapłanstwo (nie ma koloratki), a może wyruszyl w pieszą pelgrzymkę do Santiago de Compostela? 😁 Twórca filmu przedstwil swoja wizję tego, co po śmierci - piękna. Powrót do początku.

Nice thank you 😊

so this is funny? sorry, i don’t get it. seems rather macabre to me. but it’s a really good story and animation. 🌷

This film is pure magic and has convinced me... that there must be a God!

First Love the work you put out thanks have a great weekend

Hahaha... loving it... weird, unpredictable and arty, just as you would expect from the french :)

i dont know what I expected when I clicked on this

Must have been some good wine that the priest drank! No,non,ha,ha,mon ami.C'est bonne video.

Wonderfully done! Now he is free to live beyond

12:42 super glad he came back.

I think that unless you have had a similar experience, you cannot understand the fear that reigns in a skeptic, and you cannot understand the radical change that takes place in that person next.

The meaning for me is this: Galations 6:3 kjv - For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. The priest was boasting his "worldly" accomplishments in the faith with the titles from popes, materialist things, etc., so much so that he worshiped himself over God (hence the chicken showing the man to change the statue from Jesus to himself) In the end the priest received a bit of wisdom, and knew he had more to learn about God and true faith and understanding prompting him to adventure out to learn more about the teachings from the Word and not from the "World".

Beau travail. Message bienvenu. Le Divin est partout. La foi est une grâce . Les rituels ne sont pas garants de lui apporter Vie.

So god comes down as a rooster to get priest off alcohol addiction?! Love the satire 🤩

Strange.

It's okay to feel small and even insignificant in the grand scheme of things. That just means there's more for you to explore and expand upon.

A deranged chicken vs a faithless priest....I have no words

The visual quality of the models and rendering are really high, it looks almost like it is real live models.

A message to all priests and scholars: don't waste you life on a silent idol. Breathe, take your bag and go see the REAL world.

Comme quoi quelques soient nos péchés...dieu est là clémence Un signe 🙏🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴

4:24 mm hmm. With you, man. You're still a.priest.

Super ...

He walked away from fear, confusion, and ignorance after realizing that the god he used to worship is made up. He is free!!🤗

The strangest thing about this vid is the scene where he wakes up by the house and church, I had a dream once and saw that exact same view.

He just left the church because he realised there's a REAL life out there. A bunch of faiths and religions are not the answer. Science is.

Thank-you*

WTF?

To a Catholic, the chime of the bell would recall Transubstantiation (conversion the Eucharistic elements into the actual body and blood of Christ). As this priest puts the golden feather into his breast pocket, there is a chime and then his soul is one with the Universe. When his soul returns to his body, it is renewed with wonder and he embarks on a new journey, now with Christ in his breast. Priests are people just like us all. They can be subject to loneliness, self-doubt, shame and the need for reassurance. The rooster was the worst parts of himself, and once it was destroyed he could begin his journey with Christ.

14:11 He didn't lose his faith, He found the abundant life. I like the theme with his drinking being what strengthens the rooster..who turned out to be Satan. Yikes!!!

2:29 If that ain't the Man upstairs, telling him to chill, I don't know what is.

I wasn’t sure what this was about? my assumption is a priest in crisis,which would be devastating I’m sure but he test us all.🐓

Wow the chicken was made of metal, but exploded into feathers when struck by the lightning. 😅

Life is a balance. Extremism is not fruitful. Faith should aid you through life, not be an obstacle to your dreams. To me, I was the other way around. I followed my heart and rejected the message of responsibility and discipline and had an empty hole in my heart. I only existed to please others and my desires. But then I learned how to use my faith to understand myself even more and have a purpose and drive than living solely for my desires.

Genial

13:24 проснулся и 13:49 поверил в петуха, отвернуся от бога и 14:00 ушел из церкви. А Церковь, это дом Исуса Христа.

He loses one and finds another😊

Funny? I found it a bit creepy at times 😱😳

At least he didn't have a alter boy mag hidden in his room.

Uncle was high at all time 😂

2:39. Well, there is this.

😮rapaz, que viagem....

My real rooster who is in my office answered the film rooster at appropriate moments. The message was quite clear to him. Rooster on steeple /spire represented God before Christianity existed.

6:47 why does the rooster have red ears? Or ears.

Es vueno😮😮😮😮😮😊

L'animation est géniale. J'ai cru que ça faisait référence aux révélations, souvent ridicules et drôles, des prophètes dans l'ancien testament. Malheureusement la symbolique m'échappe un peu. Le coq n'a pas de symbolique négative chez les chrétiens et le basilic est son exact opposé et pas son prolongement (bestiaire du Christ, L. Charbonneau-Lassay, p628 et suivant pour le coq p.641et suivant pour le basilic). Quant au coq doré si ça fait référence au veau d'or j'avoue ne pas bien comprendre. 😊

Awesome.. But no Alkohol is also not a solution....

Right off i wonder why a man of God would have a chicken/Roster on the top of what seems to be church but with that would be a barn symbol of such. WHATEVER!

The rooster and priest was not unlike Scrooge and his ghosts. And then he transformed himself

I guess the movie is about alcoholism 😮

what is it about?

Was beweist, das man letztlich doch nach einem Beweis im Glauben sucht. Dann kann man es gleich lassen.

I taste discordia in this jaunt through SLACK. To say there is a beginning and an end is to speak of the absurd. Truth is, eternity is eternal. Thus sayeth the sacred tome of Pope Emeritus Pescado del desierto the 23rd and 2/3rds. Cheers to the apocalypse and keep on mutating.

the priest looks so much like an actor I've seen but I can't remember who 😅

Funny? No. Amazing and compelling? Yea.

❤❤❤❤❤

Sorry but I did not get it? He did not find his faith but instead left the church. The only thing I got from it is drinking is bad for most people because they have no control of it.

All a question of whether it were the chicken or the egg . . .

Why subtitles? For every single sound?

Unfortunately it is not CG. The whole film is Stop Motion (wit the exception of the animated sequences) plus cloud tank for dream scenes. Maybe some cleanup and motion blur done in CG but the rest is stop motion.

Please respect!

Very good, but he descriptive sub-titles are annoying. Without dialogue to be interpreted for the hard of hearing/deaf there is no need for them.

Dude seriously correct the header. This is NOT cgi, but a stop-motion film. I know the director and his film deserves to be singled out as a hand made piece of art, having taken years to make. Not your common cgi short.

Hope children don't come across this so called funny animation... Be disturbing for them... Not really for children is it

His alter ego an old cluck of a man 😅😅😅 hey a church that no one goes to yup i would walk too 😂😂😂