Destino

2003 0h 7m EN

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7.2

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★7.2TMDB · 297

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Short film to a song of love lost and rediscovered, a woman sees and undergoes surreal transformations. Her lover's face melts off, she dons a dress from the shadow of a bell and becomes a dandelion, ants crawl out of a hand and become Frenchmen riding bicycles. Not to mention the turtles with faces on their backs that collide to form a ballerina, or the bizarre baseball game.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Jennifer Esposito
Rebecca Drummond (voice)
Dora Luz
Singer (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Dominique Monfery
Writers: John Hench, Donald W. Ernst, Salvador Dalí
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 7-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jessica Ambinder-Rojas shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Jennifer Esposito and Dora Luz carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0377770 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Dominique Monfery directs. Jessica Ambinder-Rojas cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Tight 7-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Shot for just $1.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Released 23 years ago.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Editor Jessica Ambinder-Rojas shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Jennifer Esposito and Dora Luz carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0377770 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Editing: Jessica Ambinder-Rojas
Production design: Thierry Fournier
Sound: Keith Rogers
Runtime: 7 min · 0h 7m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $1,500,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Destino (2003)

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CinemaSerf2026-07-05
★ 7/10
There is something charmingly surreal about this hybrid of animation styles inspired by the strikingly different but undoubtedly complementary styles of artwork from Walt Disney and Salvador Dali. The theme seems to suggest a relationship between a beautiful human being and an equally handsome discobulus-like figure as a manifestation of time. One one level this is a more human-centred experience, albeit peppered with imagery that you can readily imagine coming from Dali's own multi-dimensional imagination, merged with something akin to the more traditional which, when accompanied by a sort of "Sleeping Beauty" score is more reminiscent of Disney in his early pomp. In parallel, there is a more philosophical story that seems to want to remind us that nothing is fixed, especially time itself, and that our relationship with our surroundings and even ourselves is fluidly defined and ever changing. That symbolism isn't always the easiest to read as turtles develop faces on their shells that prove instrumental in our dancer appearing, or curiously one-eyeballed critters emerge to look like they are straight from "Little Shop of Horrors". Trying to make sense of this probably isn't a great use of our time, but sitting back and considering how this might have looked if it were to have been hand-drawn by both of it's creators eighty-odd years ago makes it worth five minutes just on that score alone.

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