Synopsis:
Pain from the heart, never drying tears and turned around heads are difficult to treat, but fortunately not incurable…
- Director:
- Špela Čadež
- Year:
- 2007
- Running time:
- 9 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation
- Original title:
- Liebeskrank
- Production type:
- Professional
- Animators:
- Zarja Menart, Matej Lavrenčič, Špela Čadež
- Script writers:
- Gregor Zorc, Špela Čadež
- Music composer:
- Tomaž Grom
- Sound designer:
- Johanna Wienert
- Editor:
- Iva Kraljević
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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