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Flawed

2010 · 12 min

A charming, hand-drawn meditation that turns a personal love story into a gentle, witty reflection on self-acceptance.

Directed by
Andrea Dorfman
Genres
Animation
Overview
Flawed is nothing less than a beautiful gift from Andrea Dorfman's vivid imagination, a charming little film about very big ideas. Dorfman has the uncanny ability to transform the intensely personal into the wisely universal. She deftly traces her encounter with a potential romantic partner, questioning her attraction and the uneasy possibility of love. But, ultimately, Flawed is less about whether girl can get along with boy than whether girl can accept herself, imperfections and all. This film is both an exquisite tribute to the art of animation and a loving homage to storyboarding, a time-honoured way of rendering scenes while pointing the way to the dramatic arc of the tale. (NFB)
How it feels
Warm, whimsical, melancholic and romantic. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Identity, love, loneliness, art
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
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Genres
Animation
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour4
Realism6
Romance6
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

Cast

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Details

Genres
animation
Directed by
Andrea Dorfman
Written by
Andrea Dorfman, Julia Kent
Starring
Andrea Dorfman
Runtime
12 min
Country
Canada
Languages
English

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