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Ants

2006 · 25 min

A scrappy, offbeat slice of life that drifts between deadpan humour and quiet unease, like watching a homemade documentary about family unravel.

Overview
A young man who likes to Rollerblade must face the fact that the documentary about ants his father is making might is driving his father insane.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • family
  • madness
  • identity
  • isolation
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour5
Realism6
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
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Starring
Giuseppe Andrews, Walt Dongo, Bill Tyree, Vietnam Ron, Tiffany Naylor, Walter Patterson
Runtime
25 min
Country
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