Tokyo.
A teenage girl jumps in front of a subway train.
Her soul rises from the tracks. On the platform, the witnesses to the scene are in a state of shock.
It has awoken a traumatic memory in each of them. A painful memory, that plays out again and again.
To end its wandering, the soul must pass into each of their minds, delve into their memories, and help them find peace.
7 lives is a VR tale that takes you to a world where ordinary boundaries disappear. In a suspended moment, you access emotions, visions and memories of others and travel seamlessly between opposing dimensions : intimacy and appearances, past and present, living and dead. Taking root in Japan and shinto, 7 lives arouse an imagination shared by a whole generation, inspired by japanim and mangas. The narrative yet has a true universal dimension through the very contemporary notions of trauma and resilience. Empathy here is not used as a nice approval to cute things, but a new way to combine narratives, interactions and physical commitments to learn about ourselves and others, beyond words.
