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Café Mécanique

1990 · 10 min

A dreamlike, music-driven short that feels like a surreal, wordless dance of desire and longing.

Directed by
Ruedi Gerber
Starring
Judson Camp, Ragnhild Thoring
Overview
Café Mecanique is a short phantasmagoria about food, seduction, unfulfilled longing and love, set to Carla Bley's Musique Mécanique.

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Directed by
Ruedi Gerber
Starring
Judson Camp, Ragnhild Thoring
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • love
  • isolation
  • identity
Places
  • workplace
Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour3
Realism2
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Directed by
Ruedi Gerber
Written by
Ruedi Gerber
Starring
Judson Camp, Ragnhild Thoring
Cinematography
Adam Beckman
Runtime
10 min
Country
Switzerland, United States of America

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