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The Girl on the Screen

1988 · 15 min

A playful claymation chase through film history, charming and inventive, like watching a lover leap between genres in a dream.

Directed by
Cao Hamburger
Genres
Animation, Action, Adventure
Starring
Eliana Fonseca, Peter Musson, Cassiano Ricardo
Overview
To pursue the woman of dreams, there are lovers capable of delving into a strange journey - through all the genres and styles that cinema has invented to represent the greatest of all arts: the art of passion.

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Directed by
Cao Hamburger
Genres
Animation, Action, Adventure
Starring
Eliana Fonseca, Peter Musson, Cassiano Ricardo
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • obsession
  • art
  • identity
  • fate
Places
None
Era
timeless
Audience
teen
Form
  • animated
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour5
Realism2
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
animation, action, adventure, romance
Directed by
Cao Hamburger
Written by
Fernando Salém, Maurizio Zelada, Cao Hamburger
Starring
Eliana Fonseca, Peter Musson, Cassiano Ricardo
Music
Luiz Macedo, Fernando Salém
Cinematography
Marcelo Durst, Lito Mendes da Rocha
Runtime
15 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
English, Japanese, Portuguese

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