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Genius Loci

2020 · 16 min

A hypnotic, hand-drawn drift through a lonely city night, dreamlike and disorienting, asking you to surrender to its strange rhythm.

Directed by: Maya Merigeau
Genres: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Starring: Nadia Moussa, Georgia Cusack, Jina Djemba

Overview: One night, Reine, a young loner, sees among the urban chaos a moving oneness that seems alive, like some sort of guide.

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Directed by: Maya Merigeau
Genres: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Starring: Nadia Moussa, Georgia Cusack, Jina Djemba

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
loneliness
madness
survival
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: animated
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	3
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: animation, drama, fantasy
Directed by: Maya Merigeau
Written by: Maya Merigeau, Nicolas Pleskof
Starring: Nadia Moussa, Georgia Cusack, Jina Djemba
Music: Théo Mérigeau, Lê Quan Ninh
Runtime: 16 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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