西绪福斯

This short film is adapted from the Greek myth of Sisyphus and was nominated for the 1976 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. 　　Sisyphus, son of Aeolus, the King of Winds, was renowned for his cunning and wit. He founded the city of Corinth in a narrow strip of land between two kingdoms and amassed great wealth. After Zeus abducted Aegina, daughter of the river god Asopus, Sisyphus, for his own gain, revealed Aegina’s hiding place to Asopus. Enraged, Zeus sent Thanatus to capture Sisyphus, but Thanatus was instead shackled with heavy chains by Sisyphus. As a result, no one on Earth could die until Ares intervened, allowing Thanatus to take Sisyphus to the underworld. Yet Sisyphus devised another clever scheme to return to the world of the living. Eventually, his soul was seized by Thanatus, and he was condemned to a harsh punishment: each day, he must push a massive boulder up a steep mountain with all his strength. Just before reaching the summit, the boulder slips from his grasp and rolls back down, forcing him to start over again, repeating this labor endlessly. However, this short film offers a fresh reinterpretation of the myth from a new perspective.