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Animal World

2018 · 71 min

A strange, deadpan independent film that drifts between absurdity and unease, keeping you at a curious distance.

Directed by
Lam Can-zhao
Overview
In the spring of 2017, after finishing the documentary Animal World, the independent filmmaker Ouyang Dong turned his camera to a foreign woman, Mary, played by an inflatable doll who was nearly drowned. However, in the process of filming Mary, Ouyang Dong ran into various difficulties. Moments of anger and helpless, he left the hospital with Marry. In the meantime, the police have spread their net very widely. A surprising climax awaits Ouyang Dong... The film was infiltrated with some dry humor in a plain way of narration, which certainly will catch the audience eyes on Chinese independent filmmaker from a peculiar angle.

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Directed by
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • art
  • madness
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour4
Realism7
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight5

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