When the Glove Dies
HAND IN GLOVE, BODY AND SOUL… ALLEGRA LIVED LARGE.
2D & MULTIMEDIA ANIMATION
13 MIN ART HOUSE FILM
When the Glove Dies
HAND IN GLOVE, BODY AND SOUL… ALLEGRA LIVED LARGE.
2D & MULTIMEDIA ANIMATION
13 MIN ART HOUSE FILM
IN THIS ALLEGORY OF BODIES AND SOULS, WE ACCOMPANY ALLEGRA AS HER SOUL LEAVES HER BODY, (LIKE A HAND LEAVING A GLOVE).
Allegra
Montaigne-Arbuckle
Allegra married Horatio at Woodstock, much too quickly and for several wrong reasons but it was a free-wheeling time.
A glamorous couple, they went to exhibitions, music festivals and motorbike rallies. Haunted-looking and skinny as a rail, Allegra had a deceptively delicate build and demeanour. She’d never quite managed to give up smoking.
While they were married, Allegra enjoyed Horatio’s prosperity, though her play-mate from the Summer of Love soon became rather scarce.
So she’d often go on a course or a workshop to raise her consciousness, locate her inner child and find her true path. And unerringly, when the cause of her divorce came calling, she found in Tendai the best path to the sweetest revenge.
Everyone’s at peace by the time Allegra departs, and she brings the same curiosity to death, as she did everything else in her life.
Khanyi Hlope
Khanyi Hlope is a local sangoma who has been a death doula (or ‘End of Life Companion’) for many years. Now it is time to guide one of her students through her final transition.
Khanyi lovingly but firmly deals with a sometimes delinquent Allegra who goes through all the stages of grief during the story. This is the most important character in the story’s teaching about the death process. There has been a lot of research and more testing with additional experts will happen before the final animation goes out to its intended audience – the average Western person who doesn’t deal with, or plan, for death.
Dorothy Summers:
Known to all as Dotty, Allegra’s older sister starts out as a very controlling character, with her own ideas as to how Allegra should be looked after. Because she’s been doing that all her life.
Dottie eventually realises, sometimes comically and sometimes tragically, that Death has a way of being implacable. You can only control so much. Her hectoring sports-coach attitude then melts into one of helpless heartbreak and guilt for not being at her post at the crucial moment.
Frances Montaigne:
Frances appears twice in the story – once as a distant memory, and then on Allegra’s bed, in real life.
The next real life..
Frances appears to Allegra as the welcoming committee that is said to arrive at the side of every human soul during transition into their new life. She embodies the concept that nobody dies alone, which is a major theme of this story.
Horatio Arbuckle:
Horatio is Allegra’s ex-husband and the wealthy owner of several IT/gaming companies.
Horatio cheated on Allegra with a handsome young croupier at a large resort. During the divorce, Tendai the croupier and Allegra hooked up, which almost drove Horatio to suicide.
So Allegra let Tendai go because her ‘revenge served nice and hot’ had served its purpose.
Tendai Babiza:
Tendai and Allegra – who would’ve thought? Certainly not Horatio.
After Horatio and Allegra’s divorce, Tendai decided he preferred Allegra to Horatio, and some pleasant weeks were spent by Allegra and Tendai which soothed Allegra’s bruised ego.
They attended Tantric and Lucid Dreaming workshops and other uplifting events, before Horatio threatened suicide and Tendai returned to him.
Allegra only intermittently recognises Tendai on her deathbed, so Horatio has the last laugh after all.
IN THIS ALLEGORY OF BODIES AND SOULS, WE ACCOMPANY ALLEGRA AS HER SOUL LEAVES HER BODY, (LIKE A HAND LEAVING A GLOVE).
Allegra married Horatio at Woodstock, much too quickly and for several wrong reasons, except that it was a free-wheeling time.
While they were married, Allegra enjoyed Horatio’s prosperity, though her play-mate from the Summer of Love soon became rather scarce.
So she’d often go on a course or a workshop to raise her consciousness, locate her inner child and find her true path. And unerringly, when Tendai, the cause of her divorce came calling, she found in Tendai the best path to the sweetest revenge.
Everyone’s at peace by the time Allegra departs, and she brings the same curiosity to death as she did to everything else in her life.
Khanyi Hlope
Khanyi Hlope is a sangoma who has been a death doula (‘End of Life Companion’) for years. Now it is time to guide one of her students through her final transition.
Khanyi lovingly but firmly deals with a sometimes delinquent Allegra who goes through all the usual stages of grief during the story, as does her sister Dottie. This is the most important character in the story’s teaching about the death process. There was a lot of research, and still more testing with the experts at Hospice before the final animation began. The intended audience? Average Western people who don’t deal with, or plan, for death.
Dorothy Summers:
Known to all as Dotty, Allegra’s older sister starts out as a rather controlling character, with her own ideas as to how Allegra should be looked after. Because she’s been doing that all her life.
You can only control so much. Her hectoring sports-coach attitude then melts into one of helpless heartbreak and guilt for not being at her post at the crucial moment.
Frances Montaigne:
Frances appears twice in the story – once offscreen as a distant memory, and then on Allegra’s bed, in real life.
(The next real life…)
Frances appears to Allegra as the welcoming committee that is said to arrive at the side of every human soul during transition into their new life. She embodies the concept that nobody dies alone, which is a major theme of this story. Here they appear together, popping in at Allegra’s funeral.
Horatio Arbuckle:
Horatio is Allegra’s ex-husband and the wealthy owner of several IT/gaming companies.
Horatio cheated on Allegra with a handsome young croupier at a large resort. During the divorce, Tendai the croupier and Allegra hooked up, which almost drove Horatio to suicide. Allegra let Tendai go because her ‘revenge served nice and hot’ had served its purpose.
Tendai Babiza:
