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Wishful Thinking

1991 · 3 min

A wry, deadpan little cartoon that turns a disastrous party into dry, uncomfortable comedy with a bleakly funny sting.

Directed by: Candy Guard
Genres: Comedy, Animation
Starring: Daisy Dunlop, Rosy Guard

Overview: Two friends have high hopes for a party, arrive much too early, meet no-one but an awful lech, witness a suicide attempt by the hostess and find themselves as usual, mostly interested in the buffet...

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Directed by: Candy Guard
Genres: Comedy, Animation
Starring: Daisy Dunlop, Rosy Guard

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
isolation
death
identity
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	6
Realism	4
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy, animation
Directed by: Candy Guard
Written by: Candy Guard
Starring: Daisy Dunlop, Rosy Guard
Runtime: 3 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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