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Shocking Dreams in the Circus

2025 · 10 min

A brief, dreamlike drift where images dissolve and time feels vast and indifferent.

Directed by
Sun Xun
Genres
Animation, Fantasy
Overview
The history of humankind is infinitesimally small compared to the vast deserts of time and space. Reality melts away, and the past ceases to exist.

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Directed by
Sun Xun
Genres
Animation, Fantasy
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • memory
    • fate
    • identity
    Places
    None
    Era
    timeless
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • animated
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism1
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness5
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    animation, fantasy
    Directed by
    Sun Xun
    Written by
    Sun Xun
    Runtime
    10 min
    Country
    China
    Languages
    Mandarin

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