Affairs of the Art

2021 0h 16m EN

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5.9

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★5.9TMDB · 49

AnimationComedy

Synopsis

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Look out: Beryl's back. With Affairs of the Art, British animator Joanna Quinn recounts another gloriously unhinged chapter in the adventures of Beryl, the comic everywoman she unleashed upon the world with her debut film, Girls' Night Out, which took home three major awards from Annecy in 1987.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Menna Trussler
Beryl (voice)
Brendan Charleson
Ifor / Colin / Lenin / Interviewer (voice)
Joanna Quinn
Beverly (voice)
Mali Ann Rees
Mum / Edie (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Joanna Quinn
Writers: Les Mills
Languages: English
Countries: Canada, United Kingdom

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1 / 8

RUNTIME

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Tight 16-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Canada, United Kingdom.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Beryl Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

WORLD

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Mia Rose Goddard shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Menna Trussler and Brendan Charleson and Joanna Quinn carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt14293560 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Joanna Quinn directs. Mia Rose Goddard cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 16-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 5 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: Canada, United Kingdom.
4Part of the "Beryl Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
6Editor Mia Rose Goddard shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Menna Trussler and Brendan Charleson and Joanna Quinn carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt14293560 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 49 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Mia Rose Goddard
Sound: Olivier Calvert
Runtime: 16 min · 0h 16m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Affairs of the Art (2021)

Part of

Beryl Collection

A series of animated short films about the adventures of a middle-aged Welsh everywoman.

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Joanna Quinn

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CinemaSerf2024-04-06
★ 6/10
I really did like the detailed quality of the active animation in this latest outing for "Beryl". She likes to draw, indeed she's obsessed with it - and alongside the eccentric behaviour of her husband "Ifor" and their son "Colin" we share in the joy of their collections of perfectly arranged screws, or her stuffed animals, indeed even a fanatical collection of jarred pickles. Nothing is undrawn. Meantime, her sister "Beverly" who has made a fortune extolling the virtues of all things nip and tuck is living the life of luxury in Los Angeles, and at times she is very reminiscent of one or two famous Hollywood stars whom it'd probably be libellous to name! It's a bit on the vulgar side towards the end, and though that might read a bit puritanical, I found it just dragged what was really quite creative and entertaining into the realms of something just a bit crass. Still, it's moves with one heck of a pace, there's a bit of quite pithy dialogue and for the most part it's decent, if a bit long of a watch.

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