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Mermaids and Rhinos

Mermaids and Rhinos

Original Title: Sellők és Rinocéroszok

201816m
Animation

Status

Released

Release

2018

Runtime

16m

Storyline

Eight-year-old Tilda’s memories of her family as surrealistic visions come into life: the circus member ex-mermaid grandmother, the erotically overheated mother and the disappeared father whose broken heart, anger and jealousy manifest as a rhino. Tilda’s life is full of grotesque, bizarre characters hungry for love.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
16m
Mar 4, 2018
Languages
No Language
Director
Viktória Traub
Viktória Traub
Production
DDK Produkciós
DDK Produkciós
Production Countries
Hungary
Official Website

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