Synopsis:
A black comedy about death with a happy ending. A splendid chain of unlikely encounters. Hunters, a tractor driver, a disco boy, and a corpse.
- Director:
- Jan Saska
- Year:
- 2015
- Country:
- Czech Republic
- Running time:
- 6 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation, 3D Animation
- Production type:
- Student
- Producers:
- Kamila Dohnalová, Tomáš Šimon
- Animator:
- Jan Saska
- Script writer:
- Jan Saska
- Music composers:
- Franc Mihelič, Petr Buneš, Otakar Hereš, Jiří Saska, Martin Klusák, Michal Pavlíček, Michael Kocáb
- Sound designer:
- Jiří Gráf
- Editor:
- Jan Saska
- Productions:
- True Lovers, FAMU – Academy of performing arts in Prague
- Distribution:
- True Lovers
- Genres:
- Tragicomedy, Experimental, Abstract
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Death, Humor, Poetic, Transformation, Trauma, Identity
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Cannes Film Festival - Directors' Fortnight 2016
- Award nominations:
- Nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 2017 César Awards
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