It's basically a woman and a man standing on either side of a cliff arguing with each other, continuously yelling "я" (pronounced "ya", translation: "I").
At first the quarrel has an angry vibe to it, continuously trying to diss the other by counter acting the
arguments, getting to a rather playful side to the argument. Continuously a dove finds a reason to fly
majestically over the arguing duo, having nothing to do with it. Until he starts stealing the "я".
From that moment in time it seems the duo starts to work together again, having fun while at it.
Eventually the empty space between the cliffs is filled with letters, forming a sort of water, quicksand-like
substance for when the man falls in it after chasing the dove away, he seems not to be able to get out.
The woman, trying to help him, falls into it as well and because of the weight, a crack forms beneath them,
breaking open and creating new cliffs. At that point we're back where we started, basically.
I enjoyed the short because of the choice of style in combination with the humour. I thought the event was a pretty recognisable sight. The familiarity made it funny for me. Of course it's not just a simple animation with no meaning to it. In real life, when arguing, people fail to see it from the other person's point of view and the exact same thing is happening here. The characters and stubborn, refusing to listen to each other by breaking it down before it reaches each other. The "majestic dove" obviously refers to peace, but the couple is too stubborn to listen to it. Even though when two doves fly over at the end it really feels like an "in your face" to me.
Even though the style or "quality" of the animation isn't that spectacular (when is quality spectacular though?) I really enjoyed it because of its simplicity. Too much detail and hassle would've put off the message too much and it would just be "a nice short to look at" with no depth whatsoever.
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