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This touching
stop-motion drama packed quite the punch. It portrayed the friendship of a girl
from a broken family background and a mentally ill middle-aged man in a
heart-wrenchingly candid way. The characters attracted a lot of sympathy with
their problems, which were a mix of environmental circumstance and human error.
Starting out as an adorable children’s story with a very dark backdrop, this
spiralled to the lowest lows of the human psyche in a shocking, blunt way and
the ending was only a narrow save with a very dramatic flourish.
The stop-motion worked very well in focusing the story and avoiding confusion through unnecessary background detail. The camera work was particularly good. Also, this had an absolutely gorgeous score with a mix of well-known instrumental pieces, such as the famous 'Perpetuum mobile' by the PenguinOrchestra.
All in all, an unexpectedly heavy piece of a film with serious, sometimes outright disturbing themes and pictures, but it has its up-sides with endearing characters and ironic humour.
4/5
PS: Not a kids’ film.
The stop-motion worked very well in focusing the story and avoiding confusion through unnecessary background detail. The camera work was particularly good. Also, this had an absolutely gorgeous score with a mix of well-known instrumental pieces, such as the famous 'Perpetuum mobile' by the PenguinOrchestra.
All in all, an unexpectedly heavy piece of a film with serious, sometimes outright disturbing themes and pictures, but it has its up-sides with endearing characters and ironic humour.
4/5
PS: Not a kids’ film.
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