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Fuse

2018 · 8 min

A short, talky fable that grows quietly unsettling as casual cruelty escalates into something colder and more calculating.

Directed by
Shadi Adib
Genres
Animation
Starring
David Bennett, Nick Cave, Jimmy Hibbert
Overview
A mousetrap snaps shut. A dusty town square awakens. A group of men debate how to kill the animal in the little box – each trying to outdo the others’ increasingly sadistic fantasies. Until a stranger suggests letting the creature loose. A voice of reason? Or the sickest manipulator of them all?

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Directed by
Shadi Adib
Genres
Animation
Starring
David Bennett, Nick Cave, Jimmy Hibbert
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • violence
    • power
    • morality
    • deception
    Places
    • small town
    Era
    timeless
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • single location
    • animated
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror3
    Humour4
    Realism3
    Romance0
    Tension6
    Darkness7
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    animation
    Directed by
    Shadi Adib
    Written by
    Shadi Adib, Simon Thummet
    Starring
    David Bennett, Nick Cave, Jimmy Hibbert, Andreas Hykade, Shaun Lawton
    Runtime
    8 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    English

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