Strings (2004)

Directed by

Anders Rønnow Klarlund

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, adventure film, marionette film, puppet film

Country

United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Norway

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

12

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 86 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The son of a murdered ruler goes on a mission for revenge. As he learns more about the conflict between his people and their enemies he realizes the truth is not what he thought. The story is told with marionettes whose strings are a central part of the fantasy world.

slow-burnepicmythicsombercontemplativevisually strikingpoignantfable-like

What happens

Strings is a 2004 puppetry fantasy film directed by Anders Rønnow Klarlund about the son of an ostensibly assassinated ruler who sets out to avenge his father but through a series of revelations comes to a much clearer understanding of the conflict between the two peoples concerned. An international co-production by Denmark, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom, the film was made with marionettes and the strings are part of the fictional world as life strings. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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