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Overview
The list of fantastic, mythical animals compiled by Carl Linnaeus in his seminal 18th century work Systema Naturae could well be the seed of Niles Atallah’s Animalia Paradoxa – an eccentric tale set in a post-apocalyptic world that follows a strange creature struggling to survive. Dressed in rags and a gas mask, moving like an alien dancer, Animalia roams through an abandoned building – crawling and stretching across concrete, plastic, waste. She laboriously carries and fills up an array of empty bottles to enjoy a modest bath. The camera eye lingers on her with compassion and explores the architectures of trash at an agonising pace. We know in our hearts that Animalia is a human-amphibian longing for the sea…
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 5, 2024
- Original language
- Spanish
- Spoken languages
- Spanish
- Production
- Diluvio,Globo Rojo
- Cast
- Andrea Gómez
- Director
- Niles Atallah
- Writer
- Niles Atallah
- Producer
- Catalina Vergara
- Music
- Sebastián Jatz
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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