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La Salla (1996)

La Salla poster
Directed by
Richard Condie
Genre
animation
Country
Canada
Runtime
8 min
Rating
3.9 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man in a red room draws into existence an opera singer, a pair of assistants, and a mysterious woman. Their interactions quickly spiral into a series of chaotic and hilarious events.

whimsicalplayfulcomedicfarcicalunpredictablelivelylighthearted

What happens

La Salla is a 1996 animated short by Richard Condie, produced in Winnipeg by the National Film Board of Canada. The film is a farcical comic opera, with a libretto written by Condie and translated into Italian, then recorded by Jay Brazeau. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 69th Academy Awards. It also won the award for best animation film at the Vancouver International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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