Two people alone in a room find something between them that has no name yet. The film watches them grope toward it, tender and fearful at once, refusing to explain what's happening or why it matters. Animation becomes the tool to hold a feeling still long enough to actually see it.
Pairs of figures face one another in a series of spaces, each keeping a small gap from its partner. Within that distance they come upon feelings that are frightening, gentle and soothing all at once, and they act on them right away, feeling their way through each one. Creator Yoriko Mizushiri describes the film as an effort to blend and link these sensations, gathering feelings from her own life and rebuilding them through animation so they can be appreciated. The result is a 2014 animated film about sensation and the joy of having a body that can feel.