Balance (1989)

Directed by

Wolfgang Lauenstein, Christoph Lauenstein

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

West Germany, Germany

Runtime

7 min

Rated

6

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 144 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of people stand on a floating platform. They try to keep the platform balanced as they move around. One of them pulls out a fishing rod and tries to catch something from off the platform, which tips it further.

slow-buildsurrealmeditativetensethought-provokingisolatingbleakminimalist

What happens

Balance is a 1989 German surrealist experimental independently-produced stop-motion animated film directed and produced by twin brothers Wolfgang and Christoph Lauenstein. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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