Underplayed Gems

The Brainwashers (2002)

The Brainwashers poster
Original title
Les ramoneurs cérébraux
Directed by
Patrick Bouchard
Genre
animation
Country
Canada
Runtime
12 min
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

Two chimney sweeps clean memories from a man's brain to understand how thoughts work.

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What happens

The Brainwashers (French: Les Ramoneurs cérébraux) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Patrick Bouchard and released in 2002. The film centres on two chimney sweeps cleaning memories out of a man's brain in an attempt to understand how the human thought process works. The film won the Prix Jutra for Best Animated Short Film at the 5th Jutra Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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