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Movie poster: Cat's Cradle (1974)
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Cat's Cradle

1974 · 10 min Animation
4.9 / 10 · TMDB

This short animated fable stars witches, cloaked riders and other Gothic characters, in a tale about the hungry natural world. Here the artist plays cat's cradle with ideas, especially the notion that one thing leads to another and that lives lead from one to another. Without words but featuring a witch's brew of sounds.

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📋 Film Details

Original Title Au bout du fil
Year 1974
Country Canada
Genre Animation
Director Paul Driessen
Runtime 10 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.9/10 (22 votes)

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The film constructs its narrative through a cascade of visual metaphors and rhythmic editing, relying on a language of pure plasticity and surreal transformation. It explores the fragile interconnectedness of all things, where an invisible thread of causality binds its gothic characters.

What lingers after viewing is the sensation of a hypnotic, almost tactile dream, where form endlessly begets new meaning, leaving the aftertaste of an ancient fable. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Paul Driessen

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In complete darkness, with headphones to catch every whisper from the sonic brew.

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