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Grandomaniya

1979 · 10 min

A wry, unsettling fable that turns self-mutilation into a punchline about vanity and the hunger for recognition.

Directed by
Nikolay Todorov
Genres
Animation
Overview
The hero watches as people honor the monuments of great people. He is obsessed with becoming great. He takes out one eye, like Admiral Nelson. He cut off his ear to look like a Van Gogh. He knocks out the other eye to be blind like Homer. In the end, he sets himself on fire, like Giordano Bruno. But people don't notice him. . .

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Directed by
Nikolay Todorov
Genres
Animation
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • identity
  • ambition
  • isolation
  • madness
Places
None
Era
timeless
Audience
teen
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour5
Realism3
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
animation
Directed by
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Written by
Stefan Tsanev
Runtime
10 min
Country
Bulgaria
Languages
Bulgarian

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