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Darkness, Light, Darkness

1990 · 8 min Animation Comedy
7.5 / 10 · TMDB

A solitary hand crawls into a bare room. It explores, taps, until it discovers an ear. An alliance forms. Then a foot arrives, followed by a watchful eye. Each new body part is a stubborn individual with its own agenda, clumsily bumping into the others in the confined space. What unfolds is a chaotic, witty ballet of trial and error—a comedic struggle where anatomy meets anarchy. Limbs and organs argue, experiment, and fumble their way toward a singular goal: assembling a complete human being from the discordant puzzle of themselves.

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Original Title Tma, světlo, tma
Year 1990
Country Czechoslovakia
Genre Animation, Comedy
Director Jan Švankmajer
Runtime 8 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.5/10 (156 votes)

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Švankmajer delivers a masterful, silent farce that turns biological assembly into a comedy of errors. The film finds profound humor in the fundamental struggle for order, making a foot or an eyeball a protagonist worth rooting for.

What lingers after the final, triumphant pose is a playful yet philosophical question about the fragile consensus that holds our own bodies together. It’s a celebration of chaotic creation. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Jan Švankmajer

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