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This Magnificent Cake!

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Five narratives set in colonial Africa in the late 19th century tell stories about a troubled king, a middle-aged Pygmy who works in an upscale hotel, a failed businessman who goes on an expedition, a lost porter, and a young army deserter.

Critics Reviews

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Andrea Gronvall Chicago Reader A feeling of surreal disconnection and an elliptical approach to storytelling distinguish This Magnificent Cake! Rated: 3/4 Apr 18, 2019 Full Review Charles Solomon Los Angeles Times At 44 minutes, "This Magnificent Cake" may be a long short or a short feature. Either way, it's an intriguing, disturbing film, utterly unlike American studio animation. Feb 28, 2019 Full Review Sarah Williams In Review Online Clocking in at under an hour, the omnibus of stories here are more connected by setting than anything, and the individual vignettes seem too short to generate sufficient standalone strength for the scope of the story the directors’ wish to tell. Aug 25, 2022 Full Review Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl ...uses satire bordering on absurdity to refer to a horror that, if it were expressed directly, few could bear to watch. Rated: 7/10 Oct 19, 2019 Full Review Sean Collier Pittsburgh Magazine Don't mistake it for a bleak history lesson, though; this is grounded madness, like Eraserhead rendered in felt. Rated: 8/10 Apr 26, 2019 Full Review Michael Ward Should I See It ...one of the most innovative and groundbreaking films of 2019, delivering a style uniquely and profoundly its own. Rated: 4/5 Mar 8, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member An incredible stop-motion animated masterpiece Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review nefasto r This dreamy, surreal stop-motion animation picture is really something special. Unique storytelling, composed by five loosely connected shorts, with meanings and horrors hidden behind nonsensical scenes and some kind of sad poetry. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Five narratives set in colonial Africa in the late 19th century tell stories about a troubled king, a middle-aged Pygmy who works in an upscale hotel, a failed businessman who goes on an expedition, a lost porter, and a young army deserter.
Director
Marc James Roels, Emma De Swaef
Producer
Steven De Beul, Ben Tesseur
Screenwriter
Marc James Roels, Emma De Swaef
Distributor
GKIDS
Production Co
Beast Animation, Vivement Lundi !, Pedri Animation
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Animation
Original Language
Dutch
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 1, 2019, Limited
Runtime
44m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)