My Moon

My Moon is a 2018 short animated film written and directed by Eusong Lee, themed around personified versions of the Earth, Moon and Sun. It follows the story of Earth, a woman who is in love with both Moon and Sun; the official summary for the movie describes My Moon as being "about Earth's relationship with Sun and Moon. The story revolves around the sad nature of the way they have to co-exist, as Earth needs both emotional and practical values from both the Sun and Moon."

Synopsis
The film opens with Earth and Moon dancing with each other, and floating in outer space. They quietly embrace each other while hovering above the planet Earth's atmosphere.

Moon - with both his and Earth's dialogue being represented by excerpts and quotes in media such as TV shows - tells Earth he wishes they could be together with each other more often. Earth responds she enjoys his company, as well, but explains that things aren't as simple as just not being able to see each other more. Moon asks her why Sun needs her, but before she can answer, she notices sunrise dawning on the planet and parts ways with Moon, promising to meet with him later that same night.

Jumping into the atmosphere and landing on a port by the ocean, she greets Sun as he emerges from the ocean and apologizes for being late. Earth and Sun run with each other through a bustling city, to excited responses from Earthlings; such as humans enthusiastically beginning their day and flowers sprouting just at Sun's touch, all while Moon watches the daytime blossom from afar. Sun and Earth travel to landscapes all over the world, like swimming in the clouds of a rainy savanna and dancing in the clouds of an icy tundra. While Earth is reclining on a cloud, Sun shoots her through the air - he catches her in his palms while also holding a large patch of grass, and plants grow from the grass when Earth lands on it.

Meanwhile, Moon is still watching the two from afar as Earth embraces Sun. He attempts to care for a flower, but it immediately retreats to its budding stage upon Moon touching it. Wistfully contemplating Earth and Sun's relationship, Moon remarks that it's not just that Sun needs Earth - Earth also needs Sun and his light. Moon then leaves the planet's atmosphere and flies back up to space.

The scene cuts to Earth sitting on the beach, waving Sun goodbye as he retreats back into the ocean. Ready to meet with Moon, she notices him flying up into space, but tries and fails to get his attention in time. She runs through the world again trying to find Moon, traversing a city and several other new landscapes and even climbing skyscrapers, all to no avail. She looks up into the sky to see that the moon itself isn't there, crying for him while her body gradually discolors to a dark hue.

The entire planet then plunges to darkness, with cuts to human tragedies such as a car accident, a man smoking and watching as a fire truck goes by, and burglars robbing a home, all while the moon doesn't show up in the night sky. Now almost completely covered in black goop except for her eyes, Earth struggles to move, but then sees a vision of Moon coming to hold her hands and embrace her. However, when she jumps to reach for his hands, the scene cuts back to her accidentally jumping off the building and falling.

Right before her entire face becomes discolored, Moon quickly jumps back down to save her, then with entire city and then the world coming back into light. Embracing Earth again and floating above the city, Moon explains that it wasn't his intention to hurt Earth's feelings, but that he felt it wouldn't be fair of him to intervene in Earth's and Sun's relationship. Earth asks Moon if he won't stay, but then he simply responds that he'll be around.

Placing her back on the building, Moon flies back to space and lets go of her hand. Earth wistfully looks down as he flies away, but looks back up at the sky as the moonlight begins to shine on her. The final scene is of everyone's respective celestial objects - The Sun, Earth and Moon - rotating and revolving while more spliced bits of media and human conversation, speaking about relationships, overlap in the audio.

Characters

 * Earth
 * Moon
 * Sun

Trivia

 * According to early scripts published on Eusong Lee's Tumblr, the title of the film was originally going to be Moon Man.
 * My Moon 's awards include First Prize at the Rhode Island Film Festival, Best Animation at the Redline International Film Festival, Best Animation at the Oxford Film Festival, Best Animation at the Dead Center International Film Festival, and GOLD at the Digicon 6 Korea Film Festival.

Official Links

 * Vimeo - Watch the film for free
 * YouTube - Watch the film for free
 * eusong.com - Official website and creator's commentary
 * eusong.tumblr.com - Official Tumblr
 * Facebook page

Unofficial Links

 * TV Tropes
 * IMDb