Playing God
Watch TrailerFragile clay sculptures stir to consciousness within a barren workshop. Their existence is not mere static form, but a yearning ache for purpose, motion, connection. They watch their Sculptor, absorbing every gesture, until the day he abandons the studio for good. Left in dust and silence, the clay beings embark on a slow, agonizing exploration of their own nature. Their brittle bodies fracture with attempts to move, the quiet filling with creaks and scrapes. Stripped of a destined form, they must discover the power of belonging—not to a maker, but to each other in the cold space devoid of human warmth.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 2024 |
| Country | Italy, France |
| Genre | Animation, Horror, Drama |
| Director | Matteo Burani |
| Runtime | 9 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 7.5/10 (25 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
A meditative and deeply unsettling parable of creation and neglect, told through a tactile, almost painful animated language. The film masterfully conveys the weight of clay and the fragility of beings made for passivity but doomed to seek agency.
What lingers after the final frame is a profound, quiet melancholy for these imperfect children of dust. It’s a haunting study of autonomy born from abandonment. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Matteo Burani
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The oppressive silence of the workshop, the creak of drying clay, dust motes in a shard of light.
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