In Tibetan Buddhim a Tulkou (that is the French spelling) is the reincarnation of a master. The lines of the Dalai Lamas and Panchen Lamas are considered Tulkou lines so perhaps this is where the name of this animated short comes from. Whether it is or not this short remains fascinating. An old man, lonely and somewhat bad tempered, pulls a strange creature from the sea.
Man and entity somehow bond but the shape is drawn elsewhere, inexorably. In order to let his new friend survive, perhaps the old man will have to sacrifice the company he has longed for. Tulkou was directed by
Mohamed Fadera and
Sami Guellaï.
