As you know our remit here at cleverthingies is to inform, educate and illuminate...

I thought I'd go for a change of pace today and, rather than give you a news story, I'd try and expand your horizons with a bit of culture of the foreign sort! Dix is a darkly comic short film showing the complexities of psychological and obsessive behaviour. Mixing live action and animation, the film explores the psychological state of Marc, a man who counts to ten as he steps on paving stones.

Marc needs paving stones in order to be able to get about, as he’s frightened by the idea of walking on lines. He follows a treatment to get over his phobia. The film is an illustration of Marc’s psychological state, progressively unfolding a graphic and aesthetic representation of his introspection, while he confronts his inner fears which lie behind his obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Another reason I've put it on here is to try and overcome people's fear of the sub-title! If you avoid foreign language films simply because of the subtitles then you're going to miss out on a hell of a lot!

The original was here