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Pendulum

2012 · 4 min

A brief, wordless animated mood piece that swings between tenderness and tension, leaving a quiet ache.

Tagline
The back and forth swings of a life.
Overview
An intense short movie showing a turbulent marriage. The wife is always smiling. The man gets angry time and again.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • love
    • identity
    • memory
    • grief
    Places
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • animated
    • musical
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism3
    Romance4
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

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    Where to watch in the UK

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    Details

    Genres
    music, animation, drama
    Directed by
    Takefumi Kurashina
    Written by
    Takefumi Kurashina
    Runtime
    4 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    No Language

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