Perfectly a Strangeness

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Perfectly a Strangeness

2024

15m

Documentary

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In the incandescence of an unknown desert, three donkeys discover an abandoned astronomical observatory and the universe.

Ty Burr

Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack)

Mar 17

2.5/4

Pretty to look at, evocative in a muzzy way, it vanishes pleasurably from the memory upon viewing.

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William Bibbiani

TheWrap

Feb 20

The visual juxtaposition is peacefully apocalyptic, as we ponder where everybody went, and the significance of animals engaging, obliviously, with the machinery mankind created to investigate the unknown.

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Chase Hutchinson

The Inlander (Spokane, WA)

Mar 30

Following three donkeys who encounter an abandoned astronomical observatory, it’s a deceptively captivating documentary with no dialogue that still speaks to something breathtaking and true about our place in the universe.

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

Mar 16

4.5/5

Perfectly A Strangeness is an experiment in the documentary form, its innovative storytelling inviting viewers to engage with the world from a fresh perspective.

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Pete Hammond

Deadline Hollywood Daily

Feb 24

You don’t question it, you don’t try to analyze it, you don’t try even to understand it. You just go with it.

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Christopher Lloyd

The Film Yap

Feb 17

3/5

Three donkeys wander around an astronomical observatory. That’s it. That’s the movie. Feels more like mere footage than a fully realized movie — closer to an experimental film than documentary.

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Lyrysa S

@RT64645656 1d

This is a mesmerizing, magical, wondrous, beautiful film. I can't stop thinking it about it but not only with thoughts, but images, sounds, and closeness. I am so grateful to have seen this film. It connected me in a wonderful way to this crazy beautiful world, and galaxy, and the magnificent creatures we share it all with.

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Marta C

@RT54146018 6d

Es un corto metraje que me conecto con emociones y sentimientos nobles y apaciguadores como la empatia, la ternura, la solidaridad y la calma. Ademas las imagenes del desierto y las estrellas son magnificas. En resumen, un corto metraje que es un regalo para el alma y los ojos.

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Alexandros D

@Alex_di_Plaris Apr 15

The observatory IS NOT abandoned

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Keith F

@Keith428 Mar 23

I loved your film it's so gentle and pleasant to view. The juxtaposition of the Donkeys and telescopes was very effective, sort of begging the question "what do the Donkeys think of all this ?". The controversy about wether it's documentary or not is nonsence. Someone yapping in the background would be superfluous here and distract from the lovely beguiling visuals. More of this style please which also has a popular Youtube representation as well.

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Andy H

@andyhoy Mar 21

Viewers are immersed in the tranquility of the stark and expansive landscape. They journey into, explore, and discover the unknown, and they generate their own narrative. Its viewers willingly become its participants and co-creators with their endless and imaginative storylines. A beautifully assembled and skillfully crafted film.

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Sedale S.

@sedale143 Mar 3

My peabody brain doesn’t get it

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Synopsis

In the incandescence of an unknown desert, three donkeys discover an abandoned astronomical observatory and the universe.

Director: Alison McAlpine
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Canadian French
Runtime: 15m