Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia

Quietly strange and gentle, like peeking into a familiar street that keeps revealing secret doors and soft surprises.

Created by

Shaun Tan

Genres

Animation, Mystery

Starring

Dawn French, Shabana Azeez, Michael Theo

Overview

Two siblings discover a strange world beneath a deceptively ordinary surface: a wise local buffalo; an inch-tall exchange student; a hidden room that leads to other countries; a lost deep sea diver and many other mysteries, all raising questions about what it means to be a family.

How it feels

Measured and needs your attention.

About

Family, identity, isolation, found family

Content

No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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