Underplayed Gems

The House (2022)

The House poster
Directed by
Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Paloma Baeza
Genre
drama film, comedy film, fantasy film, mystery film, thriller film, stop-motion animated film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1,151 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Three separate stories unfold in the same house across different time periods and with different inhabitants. Characters include humans, talking rodents, insects, and cats. Each tale explores how wealth and obsession can lead to madness and unhappiness.

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What happens

The House is a 2022 British stop-motion adult animated anthology television special created by Enda Walsh. The production is divided into three chapters telling different stories spanning different worlds, interior designs, and characters (consisting of humans, anthropomorphic rodents and insects, and felines) in the same house; each story deals with themes of madness, wealth, and the pursuit of true happiness. Originally announced as an anthology miniseries, owing to its short length, it became a television special. Produced for Netflix by Nexus Studios in London, it tells three chapters respectively directed by the duo of Emma de Swaef and Marc James Roels, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, and Paloma Baeza; the directors are credited with the story of their respective segments, with Johannes Nyholm as co-writer for the second. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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