In a search for a place to settle down, the three friends, Blue, Yellow and Green find their friendship being ruined by greed and headless competition. Only when Blue and Yellow have destroyed and used all surrounding natural resources in their race to build the tallest house on the beach - they discover that Green has found the true values in life on a mountaintop, in harmony with nature, surrounded by family and love.
Direction
Snobar and Hausner squeeze a lifetime of regret into 420 seconds.
Production
Danish animation that makes beach houses look like monuments to hubris.
Director
Snobar Avani
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Claus Darholt voices Blue despite this being his only credited film role — one and done, king behavior.
Released during peak Danish eco-consciousness, this short rode the wave of 2014's climate anxiety before it was mainstream.
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