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Manoman

2015 · 11 min

A gleefully unhinged puppet nightmare that is funny, grubby and unsettling all at once, and over before you can look away.

Directed by: Simon Cartwright
Genres: Drama, Animation
Starring: Gordon Peardon

Overview: In this gleefully anarchic tour-de-force of puppetry, a primal scream class unleashes a man’s inner id - quite literally.

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Directed by: Simon Cartwright
Genres: Drama, Animation
Starring: Gordon Peardon

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
identity
isolation
violence
Places: workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: animated
single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	5
Humour	6
Realism	3
Romance	0
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: drama, animation
Directed by: Simon Cartwright
Written by: Simon Cartwright
Starring: Gordon Peardon
Cinematography: Steven Cameron Ferguson
Runtime: 11 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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