Sylvia (1985)
- Directed by
- Michel Murray
- Genre
- animation
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 10 min
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A bored housewife escapes her dull family life by imagining herself as a romance novel heroine. The film satirizes modern family dynamics through a mix of live action and animation.
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What happens
Sylvia is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Michel Murray and released in 1985. A satire of the modern family, the film blends live action and animation in its depiction of a bored housewife with a couch potato husband, a computer-addicted son and a punk rocker daughter, who escapes from her family life by imagining herself as the heroine in a romance novel. The film was voiced by Denise Ally, Daniel Bérard and André Ducharme, with Mario Boucher, Caroline Gadoury, Michel Hébert and François Pierre Le Scouarnec appearing in the live-action segments. The film premiered at the 1985 Montreal World Film Festival. The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 7th Genie Awards in 1986. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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