The story of August who loses his beloved sister Christina, a former porn star known as The Princess. He adopts Christina's five-year-old daughter Mia. Weighed down by grief and guilt, August breaks down and with Mia in tow, he embarks on a mission of vengeance to erase Christina's pornographic legacy.
Direction
Morgenthaler's animation blurs cute and grotesque until you're nauseated.
Director
Anders Morgenthaler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Premiered at Cannes 2006 as part of a wave of provocative European adult animation, alongside Persepolis and Waltz with Bashir.
The animation style deliberately mimics children's programming to weaponize viewer discomfort—you're conditioned to find cartoons safe, making the violations unwatchable.
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