Tick Tack

1957 0h 9m XX

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 1

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Synopsis

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Conceived, drawn and animated live by a team of patients from a psychiatric clinic, this achievement presents, in the eyes of its author, less interest on a purely cinematographic level than on that of human experience. It is the disturbing wordless story of a woman and a man living in a strange setting where objects are endowed with life that they have chosen to tell us through this theater of shadow puppets in cut out figurines. Their characters will know a tragic fate since carried in the air by balloons, they will finally be devoured by a horrible dragon.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Credits

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Director: René Laloux
Writers: René Laloux, René Laloux, Jean Oury
Languages: No Language
Countries: France

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RUNTIME

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Tight 9-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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69 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by André Boucourechliev. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt36986661 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

René Laloux directs. André Boucourechliev scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in No Language.

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1Tight 9-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
269 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Original score by André Boucourechliev. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5IMDB entry: tt36986661 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.