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Bistro

2010 · 2 min

A tiny, silly surreal gag that flips a restaurant meal into a strange little joke, over almost before it starts.

Overview
A restaurant diner is unable to make a pig of himself.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • obsession
  • class
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour8
Realism3
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight1

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Details

Genres
fantasy, comedy
Directed by
Sean Gray
Written by
Sean Gray
Starring
Peter Capaldi, Alex Macqueen, Neil Edmond
Cinematography
Robin Fox
Runtime
2 min
Languages
English

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