Synopsis:
On his way to work, Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts; is the front door locked? Is the stove really turned off? As Ruben’s creative mind is invaded by increasingly absurd scenarios, reality and imagination begin to merge…
- Director:
- Frederic Siegel
- Year:
- 2015
- Country:
- Switzerland
- Running time:
- 5 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Production type:
- Student
- Animators:
- Martin Hofer, Zéa Schaad, Christelle Serrano, Viviane Tanner, Ramon Arango
- Music composer:
- Nico Kast
- Sound designers:
- Thomas Gassmann, Bill Bühler, Benjamin Lüthold, Kilian Vilim, Dieter Hebben
- Genres:
- Drama, Tragicomedy, Experimental
- Tags:
- Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Technology and society, Humor, Surreal, Festival Darlings, Shame
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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