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RUNTIME
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Tight 7-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Aves
1998 0h 7m EN
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5.5
MID
★5.5TMDB · 4
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Synopsis
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A stop-motion menagerie of birds illuminate a nun’s spiritual ecstasy and terror in this experimental animated work set to the music of Christian mystic Hildegard von Bingen.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Tinka Menkes
Nun
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Nietzchka Keene
- Languages
- No Language
- Countries
- United States of America
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The take
Nietzchka Keene directs. Nietzchka Keene behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in No Language.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 7-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 228 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Nietzchka Keene, shot by Nietzchka Keene. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5IMDB entry: tt12243150 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Nietzchka Keene
- Runtime
- 7 min · 0h 7m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- IMDB
- Aves (1998)
Also by
Nietzchka Keene
Key crew
- AnimationNietzchka Keene
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere1998-12-31
