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Terminus (2007)

Terminus poster
Directed by
Trevor Cawood
Country
Canada
Runtime
8 min
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is stalked through a city by a large creature made of concrete. The persistent pursuit slowly drives him to madness.

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What happens

Terminus is a Canadian black comedy short film, directed by Trevor Cawood and released in 2007. A meditation on urban isolation, the film stars Rob Carpenter as a man who is being followed around the city by a large humanoid creature made of concrete until driven insane. The film premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2007, and won the Golden Sheaf Awards for Drama and Best of Festival at the 2008 Yorkton Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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