Five minutes before his big performance, the Maestro and his persistent mechanical assistant are getting ready. As the clock ticks, life at the top is not all it seems.
Sound
The mechanical whirrs become a second language.

Director
Géza M. Tóth
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hungarian animation renaissance—Tóth helped revive Eastern European stop-motion after the fall of state-funded studios.
The mechanical arm was designed to move slightly faster than humanly possible, subconsciously unsettling viewers before they understand why.