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Birdboy: The Forgotten Children

2015 · 76 min

A haunting, visually striking descent into a broken world, blending tender moments with nightmarish imagery and a pervasive sense of loss.

Tagline: There is light and beauty, even in the darkest of worlds.
Overview: Teenagers Birdboy and Dinki have decided to escape from an island devastated by ecological catastrophe: Birdboy by shutting himself off from the world, Dinki by setting out on a dangerous voyage in the hope that Birdboy will accompany her.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, melancholic and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Survival, isolation, addiction, grief
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
addiction
grief
environment
Places: small town
wilderness
Era: far-future
Audience: adult
Form: animated
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild