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Film Review - Robot Dreams

Film Review - Robot Dreams

Pablo Berger’s poignant adaptation of Sara Varon’s graphic novel provides unexpected insights into loneliness and friendship

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Mar 25, 2024
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Nominated for Best Animated Film at this year’s Oscars, Robot Dreams is a deceptively simple, hand-drawn, 2D feature, set in a 1980s New York City populated by anthropomorphised animals. Based on a graphic novel by Sara Varon, Spanish director Pablo Berger’s dialogue-free labour of love is unusual and inte…

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